Machine specifications (from nameplate):

Swing: 42 inches

Bed Length: 12 feet

Serial No: 70055

Large industrial lathe equipped with massive chuck, carriage, compound, tailstock, and long bed suitable for machining large shafts and industrial components.

Includes lathe, chuck, carriage assembly, tailstock, and tooling as shown.

Niles-Bement-Pond was one of the largest and most respected American machine tool builders in the early 1900s. Their Pond Works lathes were built for heavy industry, shipyards, railroads, and power plants.

This is a massive industrial engine lathe.