This 1930's lathe belonged to to my late grandfather-in-law, Mits. It is high on the resoration queue.
Picture taken in his garage in Vancouver.
What is left of the decal. It used to say "Delta Double Duty Lathe".
While visiting Vancouver, I broke down the lathe into small pieces to check as aircraft luggage or to send via UPS. The above pic was taken after upacking the boxes a couple of years later.
A couple of repairs. On the left a piece of steel has been brazed to the top the banjo. On the right, a repair where the original threaded portion has broken out of the headstock.
Mits grew up during the great depression. A fine example of his ingenuity: the chuck from a deal hand held power drill couple to a morse 2 mini-faceplate thing. Holes were drilled in the original gear of the drill.
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