Lathe 2 – Metal

The Barnes #2 Metal Lathe was an early and short lived machine shown in the 1877 and 1878 catalogs. It looked very much like the Lathe #1 wood lathe using the wood stick return.  By the mid 1880’s the #4 Velocipede version beginning with the bench seat model was the replacement.

Short lived early metal lathe

More pictures of one to come