![This 100+ year-old lathe is still in use. It's driven by the leather belt attached to an overhead shaft. You reach over it to move the wooden handle to engage the clutch This 100+ year-old lathe is still in use. It's driven by the leather belt attached to an overhead shaft. You reach over it to move the wooden handle to engage the clutch](https://external-preview.redd.it/RhRLf3uTjaLYPtvghaOShmCGtboHHYZYS8OcXDyaYes.jpg?auto=webp&s=45864fa9abd52fce8cc1a82aa4eca86957c5e4f8)
This 100+ year-old lathe is still in use. It's driven by the leather belt attached to an overhead shaft. You reach over it to move the wooden handle to engage the clutch
![Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org](http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/images/36447-C.jpg)
Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org
![Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org](http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/images/36447-A.jpg)
Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - Un known model. 4'6” bed. Flat belt three speed drive. No quick change gears. Single axis auto f | VintageMachinery.org
![Belt driven lathe. Not mine, but a picture I use whenever trying to explain one of the ways machines worked before electricity. [856x602] : r/MachinePorn Belt driven lathe. Not mine, but a picture I use whenever trying to explain one of the ways machines worked before electricity. [856x602] : r/MachinePorn](https://external-preview.redd.it/m8ukuoGVxoooBMknjuPKJZT1wWN28gb4BRtCG1MnWp4.jpg?auto=webp&s=f1b7c6b660ce9cde4d7d14d7a8627a5f68cffa30)
Belt driven lathe. Not mine, but a picture I use whenever trying to explain one of the ways machines worked before electricity. [856x602] : r/MachinePorn
![Old lathe driven by belt transmission with different gearing shaft in Gondang Baru sugar factory, Indonesia Stock Photo - Alamy Old lathe driven by belt transmission with different gearing shaft in Gondang Baru sugar factory, Indonesia Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FKTRK3/old-lathe-driven-by-belt-transmission-with-different-gearing-shaft-FKTRK3.jpg)
Old lathe driven by belt transmission with different gearing shaft in Gondang Baru sugar factory, Indonesia Stock Photo - Alamy
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