Dope
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2016
Hello!
Picked up this seemingly-rare lathe recently and I'm having trouble identifying it precisely. It is a Nebel lathe, model LN 18"x60" (72" bed). Seller thought it was a '54 but I don't think so. I've got a model LA (not LN) brochure from '54 from Vintage Machinery which doesn't even show this model but it appears very very similar. However, my lathe has a 3hp pre1952 NEMA motor instead of the 5/7.5hp motors mentioned in the brochure. It also has only 8 speeds instead of 12. Otherwise it seems to have the same specs and looks very similar so I'm assuming this must be a late 40s, early 50s model. Any guesses? If anyone has any information at all, I'd love to hear it.
Regardless, lathe seems to be in really great shape. No visible wear on any of the gears in the headstock. Leadscrew appears brand new. .020" backlash or less on all of the dials. Still has the scrapings on most of the bed ways. Tiny bit of wear right near the chuck, that seems like about it.
If anyone has any information at all, I'd love to hear it.
Dope
Picked up this seemingly-rare lathe recently and I'm having trouble identifying it precisely. It is a Nebel lathe, model LN 18"x60" (72" bed). Seller thought it was a '54 but I don't think so. I've got a model LA (not LN) brochure from '54 from Vintage Machinery which doesn't even show this model but it appears very very similar. However, my lathe has a 3hp pre1952 NEMA motor instead of the 5/7.5hp motors mentioned in the brochure. It also has only 8 speeds instead of 12. Otherwise it seems to have the same specs and looks very similar so I'm assuming this must be a late 40s, early 50s model. Any guesses? If anyone has any information at all, I'd love to hear it.
Regardless, lathe seems to be in really great shape. No visible wear on any of the gears in the headstock. Leadscrew appears brand new. .020" backlash or less on all of the dials. Still has the scrapings on most of the bed ways. Tiny bit of wear right near the chuck, that seems like about it.
If anyone has any information at all, I'd love to hear it.
Dope