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Early Seneca Falls "Star" Lathes - Page 3
Seneca Falls Home Page   Page 2   Seneca Falls "Handy" Lathe

Seneca Falls Restored Lathe   Additional Seneca Falls photographs here

Handbooks and Sales Catalogs are available for
some Seneca Falls Models




Part of the magnificent Dennis Turk collection in the U.S.A., this particularly fine and original Seneca Falls "Star" can be easily distinguished from later models by the bulges at each side of the apron. Happily a number of accessories have survived with the machine including the dangerous slotted faceplate-cum-driveplate and an unusual combination of steady rest and toolpost designed to support slender work whish allowing the operator to apply a cut by using a screw-feed from the rear.
Another example is shown lower down the page and a sympathetically restored lathe here







Another very early Seneca Falls Star, a foot-treadle model that lacks a patent date on the bed and with some parts of rather more primitive construction than even the example from the 1890s in the Seneca Falls museum.
This well-preserved machine retains its original full set of changewheels, faceplate, centers, drive dogs and chucks (although the original and now rare 3-jaw, non-geared scroll chuck that came with this lathe was donated to the Museum). Still in good shape and regular use, the lathe is fitted with an antique Skinner 4-jaw chuck (with very dangerous, protruding adjusting screws), that bears a patent date of November 17th , 1891 together with a Cushman tailstock chuck patented December 24th , 1872.   
Fitted originally with a difficult-to-disengage, positive-drive, toothed-type power-feed clutch on the apron (the awkwardness of the arrangement being compounded by having turn the control knob in the same direction that it was rotating to release it) the owner replaced this with a quick-release lever..




Seneca Falls Home Page   Page 2   Seneca Falls "Handy" Lathe

Seneca Falls Restored Lathe   Additional Seneca Falls photographs here

Handbooks and Sales Catalogs are available for
some Seneca Falls Models


Early Seneca Falls "Star" Lathes - Page 3
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