ewlsey
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2009
- Location
- Peoria, IL
Saw this on Craigslist. Never seen a Lodge and Shipley with wheels.
LODGE AND SHIPLEY METAL LATHE - tools - by owner - sale
LODGE AND SHIPLEY METAL LATHE - tools - by owner - sale
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Saw this on Craigslist. Never seen a Lodge and Shipley with wheels.
LODGE AND SHIPLEY METAL LATHE - tools - by owner - sale
Almost bought a 16" gearhead Monarch with factory trucks a few years. It had roller bearings so moving it was almost effortless
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Wheels at HS seem to be removable, HS "plinth" probably still has the cast-in "pads" at bottom - same as its statonary cousins. There doesn't seem to BE a "plinth" at the TS end. One would have to be fabbed or sourced, then fitted.It might be hard to get the lathe precisely level on both axes. Many times, this forum has discussed the need to get a lathe precisely level at both ends when precision turning is needed. Several posts have discussed the use of "Master Precision Levels" for this goal.
I wonder if the designers of this wheeled lathe included any means to accomplish precision leveling? It's a three-point suspension, which would not tend to impart any twist to the bed. Twisting of the bed is the real issue; exact level is not important provided the whole bed is in one geometric plane. Precise levelling is just one way to insure this parallelism.
I also wonder if the wheeled legs are directly interchangeable with the stationary bases. I see no reason why this could not be designed-in.
John Ruth
In theory, a machine in good condition should have no twist when resting on 3 points. The need to "level" comes when you get some wear or other issue you want to minimize.
In school there was a SB lathe, 14 or 16 inch, as I recall, it had a single leg/pedestal at the tail end. Only one like it that I have run across.
Seems like American, Monarch, or Lodge and Shipley could pull off the single leg better, due to their generous use of iron.............or maybe even Axelson?
In school there was a SB lathe, 14 or 16 inch, as I recall, it had a single leg/pedestal at the tail end. Only one like it that I have run across.
Seems like American, Monarch, or Lodge and Shipley could pull off the single leg better, due to their generous use of iron.............or maybe even Axelson?
The single-leg South Bends seem to appear in Navy ship and submarine machine shops a good deal- perhaps a way to help deal with any floor instability brought on by the movement of the seas.
Andy
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