[TheForge] Fay & Egan Lathe manual

[Kevin Donahoe]

All,

A little help please ;)  I bought a 1930's vintage 17x54 Fay & Egan Lathe
last month at an auction.  I'm a ways from getting it setup, due to total
shop reorganization.  But in perusing the 'net for a manual that would
explain how all the change gears work, I found  machinerymanuals.com.  I
placed an inquiry with them and they kindly responded that they did, in
fact, have what I'm looking for... $200 + $7.50 s/h and they will send a
photocopy with the original for a paltry additional $35, if I order it at
the same time.

The only other Fay & Egan lathe info I've been able to find are wood lathes,
shapers, planers, etc.  Anybody have any brilliant insights into getting by
for less jack?  It might be a nice cold winter nights project to calculate
the gear ratios/thread feeds, hahaha, arrgh!  A client of mine mentioned the
Smithsonian might have such...?

Regards,

Kevin Donahoe
Flying Pig Forge
Morrow, OH 45152
flyinpig at go-concepts.com