Oliver Lathe info search

6/7/04, 6:51 PM #1

Bert Workman
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Oliver Lathe info search

Bert Workman

>Hello folks, I've come across an older Ovliver lathe and was wondering if anybody had information on it. My initial searches on the net turned up this photo of a model 167 from 1964. This is very close to what the lathe looks like. The only real difference I can see is that there is a dip/gap/recess in the bed next to the head stock. I assume this is for additional swing for turning a platter or such. The lathe I looked at may be a bit longer as well.

Any body have a clue about its worth?

Thanks,

Bert Workman

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6/7/04, 6:59 PM #2

Mark Mandell
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Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>I believe the gap you mention is only to allow the tool holder (banjo) to be fit onto the bed from the headstock end, not to increase the turning swing.

Nice Old Iron, enjoy!!

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6/7/04, 11:35 PM #3

John Cotten
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John Cotten

>Gap beds are made for increasing the swing at the headstock. I had a pattern makers oliver lathe a about 20 years ago that had a full section of the bed you removed. The headstock and the ways were made as two seperate pieces. It also had a traveling tool rest similar to a machinest lathe.

Sold it to a friend who apprencticed as a patternmaker and needed worse than I did.

They thousands of the lathes you are talking about for highschool shops and for the furniture industry. Several here in KY still in use.

John Cotten

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6/8/04, 3:37 PM #4

RevDoug
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Where in CAT country, John?

RevDoug

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