The lathe I used in high school

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The lathe I used in high school

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10" Standard Modern Utilathe . I am not sure what you guys had down south , but everyone 50 and older who took machine shop used one of these in high school . My best memories of high school were at one of these machines . I now own one . Traded my small 7" lathe plus cash for it . I will take some pictures tomorrow. It was an adventure moving them in subzero temps.
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I didn't get to any machining classes sadly, but I'd bet most folks in the US saw Southbends.
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Still have to make drawers for the tooling , but it is ready to use .
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Machine shop corner ready . Now to sort out the rest of the shop .
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DavidBarkey wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 3:51 pm 20260131_133843.jpg Still have to make drawers for the tooling , but it is ready to use .
20260130_133832.jpg Machine shop corner ready . Now to sort out the rest of the shop .
The machine shop corner looks terrific David :thumbsup:
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Re: The lathe I used in high school

Post by Eugen »

Great catch Dave! :thumbsup:
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