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Diamond
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2013
- Location
- Houston TX
OK stupid question time; got a long list of stuff I need, tight budget and got plenty of lathes. So gonna thin the herd a bit.
Got a 11x36 Sheldon, that's pretty much totally tooled out. 4jaw, 3jaw, 5c crank style collet chuck, and 5C Hardinge Sjogren collet chuck. Almost full set of 5C collets, AXA tool post with about 20 holders (real aloris and homemade). Not a bad little set up, it's taken me a long time hunting for bargains to flesh it out.
I've also got a Modern Turn 1550, copy of a Clausing Colchester 1550. Got it basically for hauling away, it's ugly and needs some work but should be functional. Think I'll power it up this weekend.
At work they have literally the same machine, another brand, but they are identical. I've made parts with it, not a bad machine, but not great. My little Sheldon is actually a "smoother" lathe, but the Modern turn is much more rigid machine.
So if you had to pick one, would you keep the Sheldon, that's running, looks good and tooled out, but makes steel wool instead of actual chips. Or fix the Modern Turn, rob the spindle tooling from the Sheldon (8" chucks sort of fit both lathes), and sell the toolless Sheldon lathe?
Modern Turn is camlock spindle, inch/metric, with TA attachment. But the Sheldon was my first lathe and takes up less space.
I've got plenty of heavier lathes, some even are running now. But metric threading might be nice.
Got a 11x36 Sheldon, that's pretty much totally tooled out. 4jaw, 3jaw, 5c crank style collet chuck, and 5C Hardinge Sjogren collet chuck. Almost full set of 5C collets, AXA tool post with about 20 holders (real aloris and homemade). Not a bad little set up, it's taken me a long time hunting for bargains to flesh it out.
I've also got a Modern Turn 1550, copy of a Clausing Colchester 1550. Got it basically for hauling away, it's ugly and needs some work but should be functional. Think I'll power it up this weekend.
At work they have literally the same machine, another brand, but they are identical. I've made parts with it, not a bad machine, but not great. My little Sheldon is actually a "smoother" lathe, but the Modern turn is much more rigid machine.
So if you had to pick one, would you keep the Sheldon, that's running, looks good and tooled out, but makes steel wool instead of actual chips. Or fix the Modern Turn, rob the spindle tooling from the Sheldon (8" chucks sort of fit both lathes), and sell the toolless Sheldon lathe?
Modern Turn is camlock spindle, inch/metric, with TA attachment. But the Sheldon was my first lathe and takes up less space.
I've got plenty of heavier lathes, some even are running now. But metric threading might be nice.