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8th December 2014, 02:07 PM #1
Help with Identification
G'day all, I have another lathe .... shock surprise. It is over here
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f163/help-summerton-8-a-190706
If anyone can help with some info it would be very appreciated
Summerton is apparently the maker?
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8th December 2014, 05:23 PM #2Skwair2rownd
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Interesting tool rest. Are the bars for the bed solid or just pipes?
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8th December 2014, 09:38 PM #3
Help with Identification
Solid bars. Has a conventional rest as well.
Typo fixed
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9th December 2014, 01:22 PM #4
Found this.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/96208943
Perhaps some kind of link to the lathe?
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10th December 2014, 11:04 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Dave,
I did some digging and found this:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/89789495
http://records.ancestry.com/ralph_jo...x?pid=94995739
As Hugh Summerton was head fitter and turner at the smelter, he could have made patterns and had one or two cast for his own use. He may have had a side engineering business and made lathes.
I am going to post this thread on the Practical Machinist Antique and History forum and see if anyone comes up with anything.So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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10th December 2014, 02:08 PM #6
Thanks Paul,
I look forward to what anyone else may turn up.
Dave the turning cowboy
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10th December 2014, 02:18 PM #7
I could not view ancestry . com as I am not a member. The other article was of interest. thx again
Dave the turning cowboy
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