One of my lathes, saved from a certain death.

[jstewart]

First load for that trailer, George Fifield lathe

 

[jstewart]

George Fifield ceased lathe production in 1894

 

[PACub100]

First off, now THAT'S a freaking lathe!! WOW!!

Second, when was those pics taken cuz if you still have snow lingering around, I definitely won't be retiring there...

 

[mfrade]

I concur! What a freaking lathe! OMG!

 

[jstewart]

15 years ago

 

[tpalmer]

That's when things were made to work and last.

 

[cubs4lifeofme]

Pretty good size machine. You must have a huge shop ?

 

[dschwandt]

Makes my little 9A look like a toy!
I hauled a larger one once, took up most of the 48' trailer and had to be split in the canter to load.

 

[jstewart]

Pretty good size machine. You must have a huge shop ?

Not really, not big enough to set it up properly. The outfit that had it was vacating a building complex and they were selling everything, they didn't even have a price on this one, as they were just going to leave it behind. I knew the new owners had no use for it and where it would end up.
There was also the biggest Fosdick radial drill I've ever seen, no takers on it last I was aware...........................my feverish mind was trying to save it, but it was just too big for my trailers. IIRC the column was 22 inches in diameter, I guestimated it would weigh at least 7 tons.

 

[Neil Mullins]

That’s probably a conservative estimate. I own a Fosdick 12” column 54” all hydraulic clamp, column, lift, & rapids. It weighs 8 tons without the box table