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These are pictures of a Pratt & Whitney lathe.

Posted by Richard Weich <richard@molalla.net>. 

The following description was provided:

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The pictures P&W1 and P&W2 are of the Pratt & Whitney lathe I got 
at auction. I just wanted to share the pictures with every one. 
It's a 16 X 30" and weighs about 4500 pounds at a rough guess. The 
pictures are of the lathe sitting on the trailer the next morning. 
I had tied the tarp down really well I though, but a storm came in 
and blew it of. Good thing everything had a good coating of oil. 
The lathe has a top speed of 1000 RPMs and I think it may even turn 
18" in stead of the rated 16". It looks like it had a taper attachment 
on it at one time. Also it appers to have had the ways redone and not 
seen much use since then.    

Richard Weich

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Picture number 3 is how we lifted it off a trailer. Ray
came over to help me unload it. He's on the left and I 
am on the right. The A frame I am using I built with a
5" I beam 12' long. The uprights are 3 1/2" square tube
with 3" square tube that telescopes out in 1' increments. 
I put the lathe with Ray's help and 2 teenage boys in a 40'
cargo container. It was a lot of work, since we had to pick
the lathe up and move it as far as the rail would let us. 
THe set it down and move the A frame hoist over, then lift 
it again. It took us 5 moves to get it in the container.
On the last move we lower one end of the A frame and set 
it inside the container. That is the beauty of the A frame 
hoist is the independently adjustable legs. I can't wait to
get power in there and fire it up. I already have a project 
in mind. Besides a few parts for the old caterpillar model 20.


Richard Weich
1/26/2003