Were to find a HARDINGE HLV-H in Europe ?

Hi im looking for my first Hardinge lathe .

Preferly a HLV-H-EM or a HLV-H metric if I cant find the EM model

I have read alot of them but never seen one in real life
they are not common here in Sweden.

Do you know any lathe in good or great condition for sale

Thanks Johan

Hello,
I have one at home in the Netherlands, your welcome to have a look
They are sometimes offered on the german ebay, but mostly you find them in the uk on ebay.co.uk
Veltman Machines | In&Verkoop metaalbewerkingsmachines has a few as well
Regards,
Melle

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I have this one for sale right now
High accuracy toolroom lathe Alex-Tech AML 618 | Veltman Machines
Made in Taiwan and regarded as very good
I had 2 of these and the buyer of the first one is very happy with the machine
The man is a instrument maker
Furthermore I have this one
High accuracy lathe Hardinge KL1is identical to HLV H | Veltman Machines
On this one you can get a discount
With the alec tech I stick with my price
We shipped to Sweden before So no problem there
If you have a VAT nr we can do a innercommunity supply with no VAT

Peter

thermite said:

LOL! Not a BAD lathe.. but Europe?

Oy! Y'all have some right grand ones of your own manufacture in that work envelope range.

Ask Peter what ELSE he can get for you!

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Like a Schaublin 102N-VM, for instance.

Larry

As we are talking Schaublin
I also have a Schaublin 125 almost ready for resale
With a lott of accessories
Not on the website yet
But would that be a better lathe ????
I do not think so
The work envelop might suit you better perhaps


Peter

Hi all and thanks for the replies .

Why buy a Hardinge when living in Europe ?

I want to try something new I guess .

Good question . I like schaublin and still have a 102n .
I had a 120vm which I liked
We got a 135 at work that is great but to big for my homeshop

102vm could be a good choise and i can use the same collets as to my 102n

Schaublin 125 is also a Lathe on my wanna try list . But HLV-H seems to be easier to operate

Even Boley 5lZ is on my wanna try list


I think I would like a Hardinge . But it will be expensive with tooling and spareparts
So it must be one in very good condition with a lot of tooling

I dont think hardinge tooling is more expensive then schaublin tooling. C5 collets and other 5C tooling can be quite cheap. Chucks and backplates can be expensive but no more then schaublin.Since Hardinge produced those lathes in the UK spares and tools are often offered on the UK ebay. I have my HLV-H quite complete with the help of ebay.

I never ran a schaublin 125 so I can not compare that with a HLV-H but I had a schaublin 102VM. I think you cannot compare that one with a HLV-H, its another range.

Regards,
Melle


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Agree the C5 collets is sheaper than Schaublin w collets .

Spare part from hardinge USA is very expensive and with import tax

But the same from Swiss with schaublin

There are Hardinge parts on ebay.uk but also import tax

Much easier to find schaublin stuff here in Europe

Intresting . So a Taiwan copy is as good as the real deal ??

I dont like the fact that the asians are copying others products .

So I wont buy a clone myself, they arent even sheap

Johan.A said:

Intresting . So a Taiwan copy is as good as the real deal ??

I dont like the fact that the asians are copying others products .

So I wont buy a clone myself, they arent even sheap

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Here is an example of why a Taiwan copy may be chosen, even if the new owner would rather have a Hardinge. First, Hardinge stopped making them. Second, Taiwan shops still make them. Several years ago, I talked to a local shop owner, with a big enough shop that he has employees and has to finance his equipment. He said he wanted to buy newly rebuilt HLV-H lathes, but the bank or whoever has to approve the expense told him he had to buy new machines. So he showed me his two Taiwan copies, which he said were doing OK. I recall they had different names on them, but don't recall the names.

About 37 years ago, Feeler was the only Taiwan brand for Hardinge copies. I had just bought my Hardinge ESM59 and had a need to make a lot of parts using the lever cross slide and turret. I saw that the vertical cutoff would let me do another turning op from the rear of the cross slide. I went to Warren, MI and bought a Feeler vertical cutoff copy of one for a DSM59 from Production Tool. The Feeler was cheaper than the Hardinge product, but I don't recall the difference. This was long before eBay, so I had no known access to readily available used tooling. My older model lathe required slotting the mounting holes, but the Feeler unit worked fine for many parts until the job went away.

Larry

Hi Larry that make sens .

Buying an original Hardinge is more an enthusiast thing than a great buy .

My homeshop is only for pleasure so I stick with original machines that is fun to own