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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2015, 09:43:38 PM »
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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2015, 10:26:20 PM »
That's a fine looking piece of iron Bob!!  I love the wood cabinet too and both look to be in great shape. Must have been taken well care of over the last 77 years.

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« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2015, 10:52:00 PM »
Beautiful!!!  THAT'S a lathe
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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2015, 11:15:27 PM »
Gee Bob! That lathe don't look to have many miles on it to be that old. Beautiful buddy just beautiful.

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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2015, 12:40:41 AM »
Beautiful piece of machinery!

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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2015, 12:50:42 AM »
Damn fine piece of machinery! Congratulations to you and enjoy it!
Funny how it has all of those curvy scratches all over it!!
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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #21 on: October 18, 2015, 01:34:20 AM »
Gentlemen-

Thank you very much for the comments.  This lathe is so nice to use.  I wish that all the nifty attachments that they made for it were still available.  Dave (steamer) posted the link above to Tony's site that shows some of them.  It is almost impossible to find any of the accessories.

These were true toolroom lathes that were also found in R&D labs.  Thomas Edison had them as well as major universities.

As I stated earlier; I wanted a nice lathe for along time.  Finances and timing always prevented me from buying other nice lathes that came up for sale.  I was extremely fortunate to get this lathe and will always cherish it.  I got it for a lot less then what South Bends go for around here.

I have to make a bunch of tooling.  Rivett used their own taper of 2*55' in the tailstock so I need to make an arbor to mount a drill chuck.  Then I need to make a faceplate.  I bought an unthreaded backing plate that is close to Rivett's listed dimensions.  That is going to be a challenging project.   The lathe's nose thread is 2 1/4-10.  I am going to have to make a gage for that project. 

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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #22 on: October 18, 2015, 01:37:34 AM »
Mosey-

You just have to love all of those "curvey scratches all over it".  The men at the factory put a lot of work into these.

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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2015, 02:57:43 AM »
Wow Bob, this is a very nice looking piece of equipment!
I'm sure you will enjoy it!
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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #24 on: October 18, 2015, 10:34:57 AM »
That's art, that is. Hugh.

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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #25 on: October 18, 2015, 03:03:26 PM »
The flaking looks great!    If its original, it was not used much and was well taken care of!
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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #26 on: October 18, 2015, 03:26:30 PM »
Bob,
The big question is what is her name going to be??? Curvy?
Mosey

Maybe an halucination, but do I correctly recall seeing a small aluminum round bed Rivett lathe in David Sobel's emporium about 12 years ago?
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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #27 on: October 18, 2015, 06:57:10 PM »
Thanks guys.

Dave- I think it is original flaking.  The rest of the lathe is in excellent shape.  The gears have little wear.  Originally I thought it had heavy wear near the head stock but the ridge was old oil.  The flaking is worn there, but still very visible.

Mosey- I just call it Rivett.  Rivett started by making watchmaker's lathes.  More then likely that is what you would have seen 12 years ago. Check out this link:  http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett-watchmakers/

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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #28 on: October 18, 2015, 07:35:07 PM »
That's a treasure Notch....I mean really.
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Re: My "new" lathe, Rivett 608
« Reply #29 on: October 28, 2015, 02:59:19 AM »
My last count, the saddle is scraped to fit 10 different surfaces on the bed.....10!!!

They are known as a right royal PITA to scrape!.....they were brutal!...

But it's typical of Rivett.    Quality and performance and cost be damned.

Dave
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