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The Wade 8A Owners Registry
Anyone who owns a Wade 8A lathe is invited to join the registry. No personal information is required to be listed, and pictures of your lathe are not necessary.
If you would like to be listed, please send me an email.
There are now 36 lathes in the registry.
Name and Location |
Lathe Serial Number (click number for new window with photos) |
Cabinet type/ Drive type |
Tooling and accessories present |
Other information |
Private Sale | 152 | Flat belt overhead drive | Three jaw, face plate, collet drawbar, collets. | Marked "Walter H. Wade, Boston, Mass, USA" |
Nick Venero Rome, NY |
Flat belt overhead drive |
Three jaw, four jaw, tool post, collet draw bar. |
Marked "The Wade-American Tool Co." | |
Kris Hendricks Golden Valley, AZ |
Flat belt overhead drive |
- |
Missing many parts Purchased from scrap yard | |
eBay Wells River, VT |
Oak cabinet/flat belt under |
Taper attachment, threading dial, threading stop, tool post, spindle protector, pick off gears, collet draw bar, collets, original manual. |
Listed on eBay July 2006 Drive unit modified to single phase variable speed | |
Howard Jeanes England |
Unknown/flat belt |
Steady, follow, 3 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, threading stop, face plate, dog drive plate, collet drawbar, collets. |
Converted to vee belt drive | |
Andy FitzGibbon Elkins, WV |
Unknown/flat belt |
None |
Missing apron, tailstock, cabinet, all guards, drive system | |
Doug Holder New Bern, NC |
336 |
Oak cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, 3 Jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, tool post, collet draw bar, collets. |
Navy machine |
Don Taylor Harrison, ID |
339 |
Unknown/Flat belt under |
- |
Navy machine Non-original stand |
Bob Borinstein Austin, TX |
349 |
Oak cabinet/flat belt under |
3 jaw, face plate, dog plate, tool post, spindle protector, pick off gears, collet draw bar. |
Navy machine |
Rich Heller Napa, CA |
Unknown/flat belt under |
Steady, follow, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, threading stop, hand turning rest, micrometer carriage stop, collet drawbar, collets. |
Navy machine Purchased in Rhode Island | |
Ted Clarke LaGrange, IN |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Taper attachment, threading dial. |
Converted to vee-belt drive Navy machine | |
Dennis Turk McMinville, OR |
Oak cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, follow, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, threading stop, dog drive plate, spindle protector, pick off gears, collet drawbar, collets. |
Purchased in Los Angeles, CA | |
Ron Stricklin Floresville, TX |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, 3 jaw, taper attachment, face plate, dog drive plate, collet drawbar, collets, spindle protector. |
Navy Machine Purchased in Van Nuys, CA | |
Tyler Clark South Carolina |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
- |
Rough shape, missing compound rest | |
Pat Jamieson North Plains, OR |
425 |
Oak cabinet/flat belt under |
- |
Navy Machine |
Alan Huelsman Woodland Hills, CA |
Unknown/flat belt under |
3 jaw, 4 jaw, threading dial, taper attachment, face plate, collet drawbar. |
Serial number obliterated Missing original stand | |
Mark Minkler Lopez Island, WA |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, 3 jaw, threading dial, collet closer, collets. |
Navy machine | |
Andy FitzGibbon Elkins, WV |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, follow, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, threading stop, micrometer carriage stop, tool post, face plate, dog drive plate, pick off gears, collet drawbar, collets, spindle protector, adjustable boring bar holder, coolant system. |
Purchased in Trenton, NJ | |
Charles Forman San Diego, CA |
506 |
Unknown/flat belt under |
Taper attachment. |
Missing cabinet |
Will Harbison Sewickley, PA |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, pick off gears, collet drawbar, collets. |
Purchased in Harrisburg, PA | |
Brian Smith Roanoke, VA |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Spindle protector, parts of taper attachment. |
Missing apron Navy machine Purchased in Brooklyn, NY | |
David Criss Lindley, NY |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Taper attachment, face plate, dog drive plate, pick off gears, collet drawbar, collets. |
Navy machine | |
Greg Barsamian Brooklyn, NY |
538 |
Oak cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, face plate, collet drawbar, collets. |
Purchased from a plating company in Williamsburg, Brooklyn |
Jimmy Allen Warrington, PA |
563 |
- |
- |
- |
Paul Pickard Princeton, NJ |
Steel cabinet/flat belt under |
Steady, follow, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, threading stop, micrometer carriage stop, face plate, dog drive plate, pick off gears, collet drawbar, collets, original manual. |
MIT machine | |
Reed Mobley Chinquapin, NC |
632 |
Steel cabinet/variable speed |
- |
Navy machine, converted to turn electric motor armatures |
Joseph Comerford Cambridge, MA
|
Unknown/variable speed (vee belt) |
Threading dial, taper attachment link bar, face plate, dog drive plate, collet draw bar, collets. |
Owned by a machinist in Waltham, MA Does not have a serial number stamped | |
Dennis Turk McMinville, OR |
Unknown/variable speed (vee belt) |
3 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial. |
Machine was damaged in a fall and has many missing parts. | |
Ron Stricklin Floresville, TX |
657 |
Steel cabinet/variable speed |
- |
Missing compound slide |
Auction sale |
Steel cabinet/variable speed |
3 jaw, 4 jaw, 6 jaw, taper attachment, threading dial, micrometer carriage stop, lever collet closer, Thread-Lock spindle. |
Sold at auction in Saddle Brook, NJ | |
George Daab Baldwin, NY |
Steel cabinet/variable speed (vee belt) |
3 jaw, 4 jaw, face plate, dog drive plate, steady rest, threading dial. |
Purchased on Long Island, NY | |
Ed Schwartz Prairie Village, KS |
Steel cabinet/variable speed |
Steady, 4 jaw, threading dial, threading stop, micrometer carriage stop, tool post, face plate, dog drive plate, collet drawbar, collets, Thread-Lock spindle. |
Government owned | |
- |
Steel cabinet/variable speed drive |
Taper attachment, threading dial, threading stop, micrometer carriage stop, pick off gears, spindle protector, lever collet closer, 8W step chucks and closer, collet stops, lever tailstock, six-position bed turret, radius turning attachment, Thread-Lock spindle.. |
Navy machine Purchased at auction in 2002 | |
Matthew Campbell Hollywood, CA |
Steel cabinet/variable speed drive |
Steady, follow, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, threading stop, micrometer carriage stop, pick off gears, face plate, collet draw bar, collets, Thread-Lock spindle. |
Owned by Douglas Aircraft Company | |
Ron Gibson Duncan, OK |
800 |
- |
3 jaw, 4 jaw, faceplate, collet drawbar, collets. |
Purchased from Halliburton, Inc. |
Neil Hochstedler Vershire, VT |
Steel cabinet/variable speed drive |
Taper attachment, micrometer carriage stop, spindle protector, face plate, dog drive plate, variable speed electric carriage drive, Thread-Lock spindle. |
Navy machine | |
Andy FitzGibbon Elkins, WV |
Unknown/variable speed drive (timing belt) |
Taper attachment, micrometer carriage stop, variable speed electric carriage drive, Thread-Lock spindle. |
Missing cabinet, drive unit, and cross slide. Purchased in South Plainfield, NJ |
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