Here is some pictures of my machines with description. All machines are setup and ready to work and I use them often.
1903 Brown and Sharpe #3 Horizontal mill. This mill was scrapped in a junk yard in Dunn, NC. A buddy of mine bought it and sold it to me. It came with a indexing head and everything to cut gears and splines. I had to clean it up and I repainted it many years back. I think I gave $200 for it.
Very old Rockwell drill press. I traded a 1956 Lincoln Capri for this (many years ago). The car needed restored and my buddy's thought I was crazy, but it has drill thousands of holes for me (I was making security bars for windows, each window frame contained around 30 holes).
1914 Leblonde lathe. This lathe was laying on its side in a junk yard and the man said if I was willing to put it back in operation, I could have it. The main mount for the motor was broke and had to be welded back together with nickel rod. Never be afraid to weld old cast like this, it welds much better then the new stuff.. I repainted it and have used it for many years.
My sweet little 1917 Hendey was made the second week of March and shipped to a typewriter factory in Detroit Michigan. How it ended up in North Carolina I will never know, but a fellow took it out of his shop and was going to the junk yard with it when I saved it for $200. If you ever want a old lathe that is IMO, better then a new one, buy a old Hendey..
