Like to compete with ?

[Scott]

3220 - Woodworking Machines at Government Liquidation (http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4988568)

[Farnk]

Only comes with two centre steadies!

[dr4g0nfly]

I see it's already named ' Oliver'.

Looks like just what you need if you get an order for a batch of telegraph poles!

[Roger C]

:UHi Make an offer of $ 1.00 more than the scrap metal kg / pd price:U
Regards Roger

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Bit of drool this way.

If it was in Australia I would be very tempted but I do not think that risking the wrath of my wife and having to build a new shed would be worth it.:D

[Pat]

Julie wouldn't mind . . . much!:U

[Ozkaban]

Just once in my life I'd like to purchase an item advertised "with pallet of accessories" :cool:

[Scott]

Just once in my life I'd like to purchase an item advertised "with pallet of accessories" :cool:


Just once in my life I'd like to purchase an item without asking the minister for finance.

[KevM]

Total length is a little over 19 metres. :o

[Farnk]

Total length is a little over 19 metres. :o

19 meters!

Ship masts??

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19 meters!

Ship masts??Possibly but my guess is propeller shafts for boats..

[Dalboy]

Just what I need it would be ideal to turn the odd pen:doh:

[dr4g0nfly]

Possibly but my guess is propeller shafts for boats..

Boat Prop Shafts was my first thought, but I've never seen a wooden one. Do such things exist?

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Boat Prop Shafts was my first thought, but I've never seen a wooden one. Do such things exist?No. Steel.

I think that this was a dual purpose pattern makers wood and steel lathe.

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I am actually wondering if it is this one.

[KevM]

I am actually wondering if it is this one.
You are most likely correct. You would not think that they would have made too many of them that length in 1919 for the US government.

[Paul39]

I posted this on the Practical Machinist site:

1919 Oliver Lathe - Practical Machinist - Largest Manufacturing Technology Forum on the Web (http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/1919-oliver-lathe-239112/#post1730158)

Might be interesting to follow to see if anyone saves it.

It would have a practical use to build wooden masts for sailboats.

The headstock and a few feet of bed would make a killer bowl lathe.

[NeilS]

I am actually wondering if it is this one.

That's obscene!

Immediate thought was the number of steadies that would be needed over that length, even with metal. But I see a couple on them on that pallet of accessories, which would be a start.

[Paul39]

These folks have a lathe that will turn wood masts and spars up to 40 inches in diameter and 122 feet long:

Wooden Masts - Spars - Booms - Gaffs: Custom-Turned for Boats and Ships (http://www.thesparshop.org/)

More like a miller head working on a slowly turning mast than a traditional lathe.

In post # 9 in the below thread is another view of the 62 foot Oliver from the Oliver catalog:

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/1919-oliver-lathe-239112/#post1732961

[Paul39]

<table style=" 355px; 122px;" border="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" align="right" nowrap="nowrap">Auction Type: </td> <td>Internet Auction</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top" align="right">Open Time: </td> <td>01/19/2012 12:00AM Eastern Time</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top" align="right">Close Time: </td> <td>01/23/2012 05:51PM</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top" align="right">Award Time: </td> <td>01/24/2012 12:00AM Eastern Time</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top" align="right">Time </td> <td>Closed</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td valign="top" align="right">Current Bid: </td> <td> $8,700.00 (per lot)

A little high for a scrapper, so I hope it will be used.


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Same here.