UtahSmitty
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- Joined
- Jan 9, 2018
- Location
- Northern Utah, USA
I'm looking seriously at buying a Proto Trak 1440S lath. Its in very good condition, and under $4,000. It also has a collet closer, but it doesn't have the chip pan or the base for the toolholder...only the cross slide. The lathe is a 2003 model.
I can fabricate a chip pan for it, but the tool holder base is another problem. I can't find a picture of just the base online, or in SWIs website. From what I've seen, the base is circular--about 6 inches in diameter with a T slot for a QC Tool Post, and has 4 vertical holes in the lower part. The cross slide has 4 bolts that project up through the base and are secured with hex nuts.
I've posted a Wanted Ad in the classifieds for the base. If somethine else will work, please let me know.
From what I've found on this site, the Protraks are decent machines... a little light, but useful. We had some larger ones in the government machine shop I worked with a few years back. The machinists liked them, especially the ones that didn't know how to program using G code.
This will replace my SB Heavy 10 that I sold a few weeks ago and be used to produce gunsmithing parts, and parts for the antique garden tractors I rebuild.
Any thoughts or opinions on this machine?
Regards,
Smitty
I can fabricate a chip pan for it, but the tool holder base is another problem. I can't find a picture of just the base online, or in SWIs website. From what I've seen, the base is circular--about 6 inches in diameter with a T slot for a QC Tool Post, and has 4 vertical holes in the lower part. The cross slide has 4 bolts that project up through the base and are secured with hex nuts.
I've posted a Wanted Ad in the classifieds for the base. If somethine else will work, please let me know.
From what I've found on this site, the Protraks are decent machines... a little light, but useful. We had some larger ones in the government machine shop I worked with a few years back. The machinists liked them, especially the ones that didn't know how to program using G code.
This will replace my SB Heavy 10 that I sold a few weeks ago and be used to produce gunsmithing parts, and parts for the antique garden tractors I rebuild.
Any thoughts or opinions on this machine?
Regards,
Smitty