Originally Posted by
Frank S
I did some measuring yesterday the La Blond 16" originally meant 16" over the carriage with the 1.5" riser blocks that someone made makes it a little under 19 " but it will also swing 22" to the ways. This makes it taller than my 19" La blond which will only swing about 14" over the carriage.
Since the old lathe has had several mods to it already I might think about making a gear head lathe out of it but return it to a shorter height One thing it has that neither of my other lathes has is a full 2" through hole both of the others have only a 1.5"
If I were to go the route of making a gear head out of it I wouold make a spindle with a 3.5" through hole though
It defiantly would no longer be a La Blond other than ways carriage and feed, But that is a lot of work I am not sure I want to spend time in doing