As I was driving an alternate route to work I hit the brakes the other day I slammed the brakes spilling my coffee. I hardly noticed, though. No...it wasn't a deer. No, I hadn't witnessed Jussie Smollett being accosted. I wore my brake pads down because somebody had moved a big chunk of, what looked like, some American Iron to the road.
I got out and was greeted by an Axelson 16X30. Some surface rust here and there, but nothing seemed to be stuck...too bad anyway. The cam-lock (D-1?) spindle moved freely. The top engagement lever worked. It seemed like I was going into gear as I moved the levers.
The only worrisome things were the motor, which looked like somebody whacked the wires off at the motor, the disconnect looked like it was smashed up, and the whole point of...the why and how it was pushed to the road.
I found the owner of the shop. It's actually a pretty large operation, and he gave some insight. The lathe was part of a shop buyout. During transport the damage happened to the wiring and disconnect switch. He's never seen it working, though. It was taking up space and decided to get rid of it. It's been outside for some months, but he's only asking $600.
I want it. How stupid am I? I'm a hobbyist and this would be the largest machine I've ever gotten a hold of. My heaviest machine is my Van Norman 12, but I suffer with small lathe chatter syndrome and I think this may be a cure, but it may just be a bottle of snake oil.
I got out and was greeted by an Axelson 16X30. Some surface rust here and there, but nothing seemed to be stuck...too bad anyway. The cam-lock (D-1?) spindle moved freely. The top engagement lever worked. It seemed like I was going into gear as I moved the levers.
The only worrisome things were the motor, which looked like somebody whacked the wires off at the motor, the disconnect looked like it was smashed up, and the whole point of...the why and how it was pushed to the road.
I found the owner of the shop. It's actually a pretty large operation, and he gave some insight. The lathe was part of a shop buyout. During transport the damage happened to the wiring and disconnect switch. He's never seen it working, though. It was taking up space and decided to get rid of it. It's been outside for some months, but he's only asking $600.
I want it. How stupid am I? I'm a hobbyist and this would be the largest machine I've ever gotten a hold of. My heaviest machine is my Van Norman 12, but I suffer with small lathe chatter syndrome and I think this may be a cure, but it may just be a bottle of snake oil.