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I was in my dads shop over the weekend and was looking at his old lathe. It appears to be for bowls or larger objects, but I am not sure. It has the name DuaLathe on it. He passed away about a year and a half ago, so any information he had is now gone. My uncle said that my great uncle patented something for the lathe, but I cannot find any info. It has an outboard motor below the headstock, but it does not have a tailstock at all. Where the tailstock would go is where the tool rest is. I googled the name, but did not come up with anything. Has anybody heard of such a lathe as this?
Andy
 
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You might want to hook up with Family Woodworking and put the question on the lathe thread. Lots of knowledgable folks there including a couple who restore old lathes as a second avocation.
http://familywoodworking.org/forums/index.php
 
I will try and go by there with a camera tonight or in the morning and clean it up and take some pictures. It could be DuoLathe, but it is not a metal lathe. It has a motor on a shelf below the headstock with a belt in the back of the lathe. My dad used to turn big bowls and platters on it.
Andy
 
Thanks Ron. Here are some photos of the lathe. It is a DuaLathe and has a spindle on both sides of the headstock with assorted faceplates and toolrests. It is not bolted to the table and I can barely lift the tool rest end. The belt goes down through the table to the motor on a shelf below.
Andy

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Originally posted by twoofakind
<br />I was in my dads shop over the weekend and was looking at his old lathe. It appears to be for bowls or larger objects, but I am not sure. It has the name DuaLathe on it. He passed away about a year and a half ago, so any information he had is now gone. My uncle said that my great uncle patented something for the lathe, but I cannot find any info. It has an outboard motor below the headstock, but it does not have a tailstock at all. Where the tailstock would go is where the tool rest is. I googled the name, but did not come up with anything. Has anybody heard of such a lathe as this?
Andy
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Found this old post when looking for liks for the dualathe.

It's a metal spinning lathe.

But I suppose you could use it for turning bowls.
The tool rest was so that you could turn the mandrel that you would spin against - then switch to the pivot post and spoon the metal around the form.
 
Some photos of one with the rest of the table and some of the mandrels and tools.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250132082610
 
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