Craftsman Matal Lathe Model 109.21270

[Quarterbore]

Following is some photos and information about the Craftsman Matal Lathe Model 109.21270 that I gathered from an EBAY auction a long time ago. I just had someone e-mail me about this lathe so I am putting this up on the forums... I can't link to the auction anymore as it is long since ended!

Here is the description:

This is a Craftsman 109.21270 lathe in great condition. I purchased two 109 series lathes from someone a while back. One had belonged to his father and the other to his grandfather. He inherited them and didn't want them... Both were in great shape and it looked like they had been sitting for a long time (minimal use). My plan was to restore one to keep and sell the other. Then, I came across a larger lathe and ended up picking it up instead. Had already started the restoration of this one. Decided to finish and, as you can see, it looks great.

Entire lathe was disassembled. All painted parts with the exception of the lathe bed (it was too big for my sandblast cabinet) were masked, sandblasted, primed, and painted. Lathe bed was sanded, primed, and painted. I also spent some time polishing knobs, cleaning tapers, etc... While these are not perfect, they are in great shape for a lathe of this age. Ways are all straight and true with minimal/no knicks. The cross slide does have a couple of knicks; however, these do not impact performance.

Now for the good part... Not only has this lathe been totally disassembled, cleaned, primed, and painted... It also comes with the following:

What I believe to be a complete set of change gears (please verify sizes)... I see smaller gear sets alone selling for $180 on EBAY. Most of these gears appear new/unused. Set includes:

20, 24, 32, 32, 36, 40, 44, 46, 48, 52, 54, 56, 56, 64, 64, as well as the spindle gear, stud gear, and forward/reverse selector gears.

4-step drive pulley for your electric motor (motor not included but you can find these for ~$20.00 on EBAY). A few edges on this are a little rough; however, this should not impact performance. Note that this is a 4-step, not the 3-step pulleys that everyone has for sale.

Home-made turrent-type toolpost. While I haven't used this, it appears to line up correctly and should work great.

Face plate

2 dead centers

4-jaw chuck with key (Craftsman)

3-jaw chuck with both sets of jaws and key (can't find a name but it looks like Craftsman)

I've been asked if the spindle appears bent. Have been needing a dial indicator anyway so I went out and picked one up. When measuring on the chuck side of the spindle (smooth surface just outside the headstock), I get less than 0.001" variation for a revolution. This suggest to me that the spindle is pretty straight.

Shipping weight will be approximately 65 lbs.

I had got permission to use the images back when thee were on tthe old server and I have now uploaded them to the photo server here:

http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/ph...ry.php/cat/547

I hope this helps someone else as well!

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Do you still have the lathe and what are you asking?