Paul39
18th February 2013, 01:53 PM
Stephensonlathe01_zpsc88a1133.jpg Photo by Asquith1 | Photobucket (http://s3.beta.photobucket.com/user/Asquith1/media/Jan%202013/Stephensonlathe01_zpsc88a1133.jpg.html)
Lathe used by George Stephenson at Killingworth Colliery from 1812 - 1818.
No doubt it was old when he got his hands on it, nearly two centuries ago!
Probably had a new cone pulley at some point.
Note the squared centre in the tailstock. Also seen in much more modern US lathes (1840s http://www.practicalmachinist.com/wink.gif)
The lathe is in a reconstructed railway workshop in the wonderful Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham, England.
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North (http://www.beamish.org.uk/)
Photos and information by Asquith, Somerset, UK, from this thread on Practical Machinist:
George Stephenson's Lathe (http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/george-stephensons-lathe-260270/)
Lathe used by George Stephenson at Killingworth Colliery from 1812 - 1818.
No doubt it was old when he got his hands on it, nearly two centuries ago!
Probably had a new cone pulley at some point.
Note the squared centre in the tailstock. Also seen in much more modern US lathes (1840s http://www.practicalmachinist.com/wink.gif)
The lathe is in a reconstructed railway workshop in the wonderful Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham, England.
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North (http://www.beamish.org.uk/)
Photos and information by Asquith, Somerset, UK, from this thread on Practical Machinist:
George Stephenson's Lathe (http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/george-stephensons-lathe-260270/)