Oldie but goodie! I picked this up last year, I think I will go ahead build my bench for it and see how well it does. It's a very old Sears & Roebuck Metal Lathe. Will hold 16" long stock. No, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles a new mini lathe has, but at the price I paid for this .......LOL I stopped at a estate sale and found this. She works like new, well kept and oiled, with a few tools. Only thing needed is a nice wood table (I am planning it now) and a new power cord for the GE motor because the one on it is brittle. Click on the links for the full size photos... For a larger view click here! For a larger view click here! For a larger view click here! For a larger view click here! For a larger view click here! For a larger view click here! For a larger view click here!
If I can just learn how to solder brass to stainless steel.. I am sure it is easy, I just have never done it...
Braze it. Super easy. Get a MAPP gas torch and some quality brazing flux and silver solder, not super cheap but in the amounts we use lasts a while. McMaster-Carr had a kit that had both the flux and solder, not sure if they still do. Apply flux, heat, apply brazing rod, let cool. I bought some cheap SS rod and Brass Rod and practiced a few times before attempting a prop onto a shaft, but it really is just like soldering. Just be careful not to get the brass to hot, I deformed a prop that way, not my happiest moment...
get the right flux and pretin the stainless. easy peasy as long as you get the time at temperature correct... too long and it oxidizes badly I've used number 71 flux from these guys with success http://www.superiorflux.com/stainless_steel_soldering_flux.html
