There are few things more satisfying to us than seeing cool restoration videos. We have showed you various tools, cars, components, and other stuff being remediated over the last few years but this one could be our favorite. You are going to see a 1940s Craftsmen bench top metal lathe get torn all the way down to the bones and brought back to life right before your eyes in an accelerated fashion. The work here is precise and cool. When it comes right down to it, just seeing how these things work provides a great attraction to us as much as seeing the end product’s beauty does.
A lathe like this would have been a prime tool for any serious hobby guy or hands-on dude in America during the 1940s/50s/and even the 1960s. There are still companies out there making these sized lathes but when Craftsmen was making them you know how popular they were. Between buying them in a catalog or buying them at the local Sears store, these suckers had volume on their side.
What would someone use this thing for at home? A million different uses, really. As we mentioned, if you were a hobby metal worker, the lathe is your best friend. Need to do some small machining operations for your race car parts modifications, for building other models, and even for home repairs? This was the thing that would get you the desired results.
No computer controls here. No laser guidance. Just some simple hand cranks and quality, old school American construction. Whoever had this machine restored and placed back on their bench has to look at it with a lot of pride, right? We know we would!
Nicely written article, too bad he spelled Craftsman wrong.
not only in the article but in the title and in the clickbait on the news channel all spelled wrong…….the brand name Craftsman is spelled with an a.
If you watch the video of the disassembly
of the lathe, the name tag clearly says Craftsman.
Oh well!