Thread: Mathieson lathe

Rod,
I have only seen a couple of pictures of lathes like this but it look fairly close to original form. Assuming the bearings in the headstock are in good condition then theoretically you could put a motor behind it and away you turn (would help if you had a tool rest though)

otr002
i see where you are looking in quite a few places and certainly wish you much luck in finding what you need. The closest i ever came to a Mathieson product was being allowed to hold a Mathieson plane. As far as the big machinery goes (relatively speaking) i trundled around with 2 parts to a big cast iron mortise machine made by Glasgow Engineering in the 1800's, at least i think it was the 1800's. i finally gave it away to another hoarder.

G'Day otr002

Can't help with pics some good restoration tips, potions for rust etc in http://www.turners.org/OTArticl.htm dunno if it helps but interesting reading

Cheers
Bernie

Rod,
I spent a couple of hours trolling the net but to no avail. Checking all favourite sites and search engines.

You have a rather rare find. Theres heaps of hand tools by Alex Mathieson, I guess he made very few lathes.

The up side is that its most likely worth a quid or two after you clean it up

nice find!

Was it caught in some fishermans net?Looks like something dredged out of a lake or some such,good luck in trying to refurbish it

Makes you wonder whether the lathes we're buying these days, even the good quality ones, are going to be around in 100 odd years.

Have you checked with OWWM?

OWWM lists a "Mattison" in Wisconsin and Illinois, but no Mathieson.

Joe