Hello there,
New to the forum.
Traded TR-59 spit bed lathe from my landlord. He got it at an auction, had it for a number of years, never hooked up. The machine is in a relatively good condition cosmetically, no rust. The spindle moves freely. The bed shows some wear, not unusual for a machine built likely before 1946.
I brought it to my shop, cleaned it with WD-40, hooked it up to three phase, flipped the ON switch... and nothing. The electrical box looks pretty antiquated.
The turret slide, cross slide, and tail stock, all need cleaning and possibly some work - turret slide doesn't index, and tail stock seems to be stuck.
So here is my dilemma - try to repair this lathe or sell it for parts and get one under power, possibly DV59. There is a nice DV59 / DSM59 withing a few miles from me, but I don't have room for two.
I am knife maker, so the lathe will be used occasionally for small projects.
If the consensus is to sell for parts, what can I fetch for it? The asking price for DV59 / DSM59 is $1150. I might be able to get the price down to a $1000. It could be nice if I could fetch a price close to what it would cost me to buy DV-59.
Thank you,
Marko
New to the forum.
Traded TR-59 spit bed lathe from my landlord. He got it at an auction, had it for a number of years, never hooked up. The machine is in a relatively good condition cosmetically, no rust. The spindle moves freely. The bed shows some wear, not unusual for a machine built likely before 1946.
I brought it to my shop, cleaned it with WD-40, hooked it up to three phase, flipped the ON switch... and nothing. The electrical box looks pretty antiquated.
The turret slide, cross slide, and tail stock, all need cleaning and possibly some work - turret slide doesn't index, and tail stock seems to be stuck.
So here is my dilemma - try to repair this lathe or sell it for parts and get one under power, possibly DV59. There is a nice DV59 / DSM59 withing a few miles from me, but I don't have room for two.
I am knife maker, so the lathe will be used occasionally for small projects.
If the consensus is to sell for parts, what can I fetch for it? The asking price for DV59 / DSM59 is $1150. I might be able to get the price down to a $1000. It could be nice if I could fetch a price close to what it would cost me to buy DV-59.
Thank you,
Marko