Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
1941 South Bend 9" A lathe. Just used it a few days ago to turn out two headtube reinforcing rings and a couple of replacement pins that hold the ends of the hack saw's blade in the saw frame. Maybe not the oldest tool I have but close to it. Andy
Holy cow, Andy. That is beautiful. It is a shame that more shops don't have a small lathe.
I had a mechanic/machinist that was working on one of my bikes - a steel frame with a King headset. He wasn't happy with the headset adjustment, so he faced the top and bottom of my stem to get a more consistent adjustment. That headset is SMOOTH.