jermfab
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2013
- Location
- atlanta, ga
I guess talk me out of... or in to... this lathe
I have a lathe. It’s nothing special, but it runs 40-2000 RPM, has tooling and is quite frankly more accurate than most of my requirements. It does everything I need a lathe to do. It’s got a DRO...
It doesn’t have that much soul.
There’s American-made and there’s AMERICAN!!!
From the eBay pics:
Medium-speed/1500 RPM model. Ad says it doesn’t come with the tool post, doesn’t mention the center. 10” three-jaw, 12” four-jaw.
Biggest Con is no taper attachment.
I imagine the the tail-stock is MT4. I’ll have to buy some MT3-4 adaptor sleeves.
I have a spare Dorian BXA tool-post and lots of BXA holders. BXA is likely a little bit small, but as with the tail-stock, I can make this machine work, straightaway, albeit maybe not to its FULL potential.
I really don’t need two lathes.
But this one doesn’t look like much of a project.
The lathe isn’t free... it’s 150+/- miles from me... probably 12-16 hours time and $2500 all told to go get it.
I don’t need it...
But I kinda want it.
I don’t see anything egregious. Video in the listing only shows 1 of 27 speeds, but the overall condition as shown, strikes me as used, not abused.
Please discuss
Be safe and stay healthy
Jeremy
I have a lathe. It’s nothing special, but it runs 40-2000 RPM, has tooling and is quite frankly more accurate than most of my requirements. It does everything I need a lathe to do. It’s got a DRO...
It doesn’t have that much soul.
There’s American-made and there’s AMERICAN!!!
From the eBay pics:
Medium-speed/1500 RPM model. Ad says it doesn’t come with the tool post, doesn’t mention the center. 10” three-jaw, 12” four-jaw.
Biggest Con is no taper attachment.
I imagine the the tail-stock is MT4. I’ll have to buy some MT3-4 adaptor sleeves.
I have a spare Dorian BXA tool-post and lots of BXA holders. BXA is likely a little bit small, but as with the tail-stock, I can make this machine work, straightaway, albeit maybe not to its FULL potential.
I really don’t need two lathes.
But this one doesn’t look like much of a project.
The lathe isn’t free... it’s 150+/- miles from me... probably 12-16 hours time and $2500 all told to go get it.
I don’t need it...
But I kinda want it.
I don’t see anything egregious. Video in the listing only shows 1 of 27 speeds, but the overall condition as shown, strikes me as used, not abused.
Please discuss
Be safe and stay healthy
Jeremy