1951 NACA 20-inch compressor in lathe - photo

[Jon]

NACA 20-inch compressor in lathe. 1951. Full caption: "20 INCH COMPRESSOR SETUP IN AMERICAN LATHE IN THE MACHINE SHOP".

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[bruce.desertrat]

I think that compound slide is bigger than my lathe ...

[Toolmaker51]

[QUOTE=Jon;176359]NACA 20-inch compressor in lathe. 1951. Full caption: "20 INCH COMPRESSOR SETUP IN AMERICAN LATHE IN THE MACHINE SHOP".

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I chuckle in amusement and rampant satisfaction; not Axelson, Lodge & Shipley, Cincinnati, Leimann, Heyligenstaedt, Niles Belmont-Pond, LeBlond, HES, MESTA, Dean Smith & Grace, Clausing, even Monarch...

Note the interesting steady rest too.

[Frank S]

[QUOTE=Toolmaker51;197305]

NACA 20-inch compressor in lathe. 1951. Full caption: "20 INCH COMPRESSOR SETUP IN AMERICAN LATHE IN THE MACHINE SHOP".

Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...e_fullsize.jpg


QUOTE]

I chuckle in amusement and rampant satisfaction; not Axelson, Lodge & Shipley, Cincinnati, Leimann, Heyligenstaedt, Niles Belmont-Pond, LeBlond, HES, MESTA, Dean Smith & Grace, Clausing, even Monarch...

Note the interesting steady rest too.

You should recognize that lathe, Add in the 10" factory risers. Where have you seen its bigger brother?

[Toolmaker51]

Surely you jest, lol. That tarp is no disguise!
Speaking of TX, I'll call tomorrow; or text tonight.