jamiethesquid
Aluminum
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2014
- Location
- Brunswick, Maine, USA
So this is my first post. I am a 38 y/o, Veteran, father of two, FFL type 07, work for the Government by day, and Recently started persuing my Precision Machine degree at night at our local community college, which has been a life ling dream. I was browsing the local Craigslist a week ago and ran across A 1940-1950's 15" Leblond Regal Lathe for $900. Went over to take a look and talked the Lady out of it for $700.
It will be a little while before I get it home and the previous owner is glad to let it stay there for as long as I need. The lathe runs smooth in all gears. Powerfeeds in all feed rates. Power feed works in both directions on the cross slide and carraige. Comes with tons of tooling. A Jacobs chuck for the tailstock. Live centers dead centers, steady rest and follow rest, 3 and 4 jaw chucks. No visible damage to the ways. I want first to determine the exact year of manufacture (any advice would be great) also need help with the best method of removing the 3 jaw chuck I tried chucking up a bar across the jaws and whacking it with a rubber mallet while it was in the lowest gear but it didn't budge. I will attach pics. Thanks in advance for any help.
It will be a little while before I get it home and the previous owner is glad to let it stay there for as long as I need. The lathe runs smooth in all gears. Powerfeeds in all feed rates. Power feed works in both directions on the cross slide and carraige. Comes with tons of tooling. A Jacobs chuck for the tailstock. Live centers dead centers, steady rest and follow rest, 3 and 4 jaw chucks. No visible damage to the ways. I want first to determine the exact year of manufacture (any advice would be great) also need help with the best method of removing the 3 jaw chuck I tried chucking up a bar across the jaws and whacking it with a rubber mallet while it was in the lowest gear but it didn't budge. I will attach pics. Thanks in advance for any help.
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