Dalton Lathes

-- Ed Rannou

The lathe now belongs to Dennis Turk. Please contact him for info. Thanks to all who contacted me

-- Ed Rannou

Hi, I have a Dalton Lathe and would be interested if you have any photo

of a lot 4 lathe. I am renovating the lathe and would appreciate finding ou if any parts are missing, and the arrangement options of the cogs etc.

Dennis Turk Wrote:

-- Bunny

On Friday, December 26, 2003 11:31:32 AM UTC-5, Dennis Turk wrote:

s Dennis Turk and I own seven Dalton lathes, one lot 3 and six lot 4 machin es. The range of age is before 1914 and to after 1925. I do not use the lat hes as they are for restoration and display.There is a group of Dalton owne rs that share pictures information and in some cases replacement parts. The re is I believe 13 people in this group. We are known as just the Dalton Ga ng.:-) Two of the people live in England, as it seems Daltons ended up over there also.There are no multi function machines in the group. The group is comprised of one lot 2 lathe two lot 3 lathes sixteen lot 4 lathes and one lot 6. The lot number is just in front of your serial number and denotes t he model. B-4 or B-6.Not all lathes especially the early ones have model ta gs on them only a lot #. We keep a record of all Lot and Serial numbers and this way we can gestimate the approximate age or year of build for the lat hes.In this group there is also one very original peddle or foot powered la the that has the hand lever on the tailstock. Really interesting machine. D evil to run though.I would be interested in communicating with anyone that owns a Dalton lathe for the purpose of tracking serial numbers and helping others with problems with their lathes. There are a very small number of re placement parts available. These are used but serviceable.In some of the po stings there was a question as to the age of Dalton tool works. We know tha t Herbert Dalton started the company some time before 1912 and it failed in the stock market crash of 1929. In 1930 Elecrolux purchased the property a nd built vacuum cleaners thereThanks and I hope to hear form all Dalton own ers.

Hi Dennis Need your email steve from florida a friend of mine Milton Burnett found a dalton lathe you may be interested in. His contact info is Suppo32@homes c.com Steve from Florida

On Friday, December 26, 2003 11:31:32 AM UTC-5, Dennis Turk wrote:

s Dennis Turk and I own seven Dalton lathes, one lot 3 and six lot 4 machin es. The range of age is before 1914 and to after 1925. I do not use the lat hes as they are for restoration and display.There is a group of Dalton owne rs that share pictures information and in some cases replacement parts. The re is I believe 13 people in this group. We are known as just the Dalton Ga ng.:-) Two of the people live in England, as it seems Daltons ended up over there also.There are no multi function machines in the group. The group is comprised of one lot 2 lathe two lot 3 lathes sixteen lot 4 lathes and one lot 6. The lot number is just in front of your serial number and denotes t he model. B-4 or B-6.Not all lathes especially the early ones have model ta gs on them only a lot #. We keep a record of all Lot and Serial numbers and this way we can gestimate the approximate age or year of build for the lat hes.In this group there is also one very original peddle or foot powered la the that has the hand lever on the tailstock. Really interesting machine. D evil to run though.I would be interested in communicating with anyone that owns a Dalton lathe for the purpose of tracking serial numbers and helping others with problems with their lathes. There are a very small number of re placement parts available. These are used but serviceable.In some of the po stings there was a question as to the age of Dalton tool works. We know tha t Herbert Dalton started the company some time before 1912 and it failed in the stock market crash of 1929. In 1930 Elecrolux purchased the property a nd built vacuum cleaners thereThanks and I hope to hear form all Dalton own ers.

Hello, I just purchased a Dalton lathe, but don't know what model it is. C an I post a photo somewhere? Thanks.

[snip Dennis Turk 2003 post re Dalton lathe S/N's etc]

The metalworking dropbox accepts photos emailed to it. See instructions at and see uploaded files at . If you upload some pictures, wait and get the dropbox's reply that tells you the picture URL's before announcing the upload, so you can include them in future posts..

dennisyesterday sunday 2/16/2014 i bought a dalton lot 4 lathe. says lot 4 on end of bed left on the rig ht says #4065. on the gear cover says model b. change gears are held on with pins... the lathe is nice and tight i have it reassembled (h it had to carry it down the steps it is covered with saw dust , it looks cared for and i will clean it off ,oil it and run it later to day.. tony z

Hi all, just purchased a good looking Dalton Six, Lot4 # 2304. Any idea what year it was manufactured? Thanks. Vadim NYC

I recently obtained a Dalton lathe. It is in realitive excelent condition. I am trying to identify it as to the age and model. It apears to be a 3 1/

2" by about 11"to 12" center to center bed. It looks very much like the 19 18 B2 from California that I have seen on the web. On the gear change cove r it list the type as Type "B" and made in New York. There is no identifin g name on the side of the Bed, The both feet have Dalton made in New York c ast into them also in the carage front. there is a small name plate on the front side of the gear cover about 2" by 2" with what apears to be paten in formation on it it is very hard to read cant tell if it has a serial no. A s I said before the machine is in excelent condition and apears to be all o riginal. I know where it has bee for the past 20 or so years. It was used by a friend of mine for a few years prior to that. Phil, Vicksburg MS.

ight says #4065. on the gear cover says model b. change gears ar e held on with pins... the lathe is nice and tight i have it reassembled (h it had to carry it down the steps it is covered with saw dust , it loo ks cared for and i will clean it off ,oil it and run it later to day..

I also just obtained a Dalton lathe, lot 4 #4004 built not too long before your #4065 I think. Philip

I have a Dalton Six B4, I am looking for documentation, Manual and a picture(s) of a complete original lathe. I am trying to figure out if it is worth it to restore to an original condition or modify it to a modern power plant condition, using a dirrect dc drive w/ a riding lawn mower transmission. I have other working lathes. Any ignorance anyone wishes to cure please act.

So is this group inactive?? There appear to be no replies from anyone in the group to new members? I have a dalton lot 5 and am looking for some tooling.

Thanks

Which "this" group, r.c.m. or the Yahoo one? Several of us in r.c.m. pointed to the Yahoo group and lathes.co.uk.

My Usenet server has been responding slowly and erratically.

-jsw

Dalton is not a common lathe, to my knowledge, and I suspect that there is just not anyone here (RCM) that has anything to offer.

A search of RCM in Google Groups for "Dalton lathe" returns 59 hits, most more than 10 years old. Out of 100's of 1000's of RCM posts.

Bob

You are apparently reading this in googlegroups, but is is really a reflection of the usenet newsgroup rec.crafts.metalworking, and certainly the main users in usenet have no way of knowing about "new members". I don't know whether the googlegroups members have such a way, and whether it works only on the groups which are not mirrors of usenet newsgroups.

I can be of no help there.

Good Luck, DoN.

Hello Dennis, today I bought a lathe that I believe you looked at. It was in the corner at the cabin Fever Expo. I understand you looked it over. I intend to clean it up and display it. What can you tell me? Thanks Peter. snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com

Hello, I have a dalton Lot 4 Type"B" #4336 Lathe and I am trying to get some information on it. please respond. Missing auto feed gear i believe.

Hi all. Mark here in the UK. I recently bought a Dalton Lot 4 # 747 (cool # !). Does anyone know where to get further information on the lathe. I'd lov e to be able to use it to make the missing items from the changeover gear s et. It's my first lathe. Am I aiming too high? Kind regards...

There used to be a yahoo? group for Dalton lathes -

And there was a discussion regarding "change Gears".