LeBlond heavy Duty 17" 4 jaw value

onioncasserole · Oct 21, 2015

1st post
I have an attached photo of a LeBlond Heavy Duty 17" Lathe w/ 3 phase motor. Any ideas on the value of such a piece?
Thanks, Jason

47nomad · Oct 21, 2015

Do you know the weight?

MaxPrairie · Oct 21, 2015

Welcome to the forum

johnoder · Oct 21, 2015

onioncasserole said:
1st post
I have an attached photo of a LeBlond Heavy Duty 17" Lathe w/ 3 phase motor. Any ideas on the value of such a piece?
Thanks, Jason

View attachment 152208

Thumbnail from 1911. Adjoining page says 2700 Lbs, so about $75 to $150 if it was delivered to a scrap yard

onioncasserole · Oct 22, 2015

A little disappointed. Thought it might be worth more than just scrap.

johnoder · Oct 22, 2015

onioncasserole said:
A little disappointed. Thought it might be worth more than just scrap.

They are all worth more than scrap - assuming one has found a dead serious got-to-have-it buyer. Lack of such a customer puts them in the scrap category. People are generally not lining up to buy old rusty machine tools.

alskdjfhg · Oct 22, 2015

johnoder said:
People are generally not lining up to buy old rusty machine tools.

No they are not, and the ones that aren't seem to question the sanity of the few that are.

I paid $500 for this;
19in Leblond HD by mebunting | Photobucket

onioncasserole · Oct 22, 2015

alskdjfhg said:
No they are not, and the ones that aren't seem to question the sanity of the few that are.

I paid $500 for this;
19in Leblond HD by mebunting | Photobucket

Can you tell me a how this went for you? Did you restore? if so, was it worth it?

alskdjfhg · Oct 22, 2015

onioncasserole said:
Can you tell me a how this went for you? Did you restore? if so, was it worth it?

I saw it at the scrapyard, I wanted it and bought it.

As for a restoration, yes it will eventually be bought back from the dead. But right now it's sitting on the trailer I hauled it in on waiting until I have a chance to unload it.

Just way too many projects.

As far as what a restored lathe like this is worth, not much more. It's a nice conehead, but a conehead none the less and the only people that would want it would be homeshop guys or people like me who are too stupid for our own good.

Are you a seller or potential buyer?

onioncasserole · Oct 22, 2015

alskdjfhg said:
I saw it at the scrapyard, I wanted it and bought it.

As for a restoration, yes it will eventually be bought back from the dead. But right now it's sitting on the trailer I hauled it in on waiting until I have a chance to unload it.

Just way too many projects.

As far as what a restored lathe like this is worth, not much more. It's a nice conehead, but a conehead none the less and the only people that would want it would be homeshop guys or people like me who are too stupid for our own good.

Are you a seller or potential buyer?

My Dad owns this piece. He was about to scrap it so I suggested trying to sell it first if it had much value. I think he knew what you mentioned... only home-shop guys with some time and patience would be interested. I hate to see something really old and fixable go to scrap.

metalmaster10 · Oct 22, 2015

I would expect you might get slightly above scrap price if you find someone who feels sorry for the old girl.
I HATE to see machines go to scrap, but hauled off 2 small dump truck loads of old broken/ worn / unused machines last yer to make space.
If you could get $350 for it I would consider it a pretty good day, and a fair shake on both sides.
My .02

P.S.
It could be made into a horizontal weld positioner/manipulator/ fixture...
Might advertise it with that note.
It might also take a year to find the buyer...

onioncasserole · Oct 22, 2015

What is a conehead ?

metalmaster10 · Oct 22, 2015

alskdjfhg said:
"******" or people like me who are too stupid for our own good.
?

You are not stupid, you just have an illness, you can't help it!
It's called old 'arn disease...

alskdjfhg · Oct 22, 2015

A conehead is a generic term for a lathe driven by flat belting. Post it on CL for a few hundred, someone might save it.

alskdjfhg · Oct 22, 2015

metalmaster10 said:
You are not stupid, you just have an illness

I've been informed otherwise.

Tony Quiring · Oct 22, 2015

Depends on supply.

Look at cl and see how many lathes are there and what they go for.

If yiu are in a lathe poor area then yiu can get more.

johnoder · Oct 23, 2015

If you do put it on CL, take some more of those great photos

If you want to add related catalog scans, just Private Message me your email address

dfenderman · Nov 3, 2015

If it were closer to me I'd gladly take it off your hands for 350

mopc · Jan 4, 2016

I hope you didn't scrap this or sell it because I will pay top dollar for some of the parts on it.

johnoder · Jan 4, 2016

mopc said:
I hope you didn't scrap this or sell it because I will pay top dollar for some of the parts on it.

Seems unlikely 17" Heavy Duty parts would fit a 14"

LeBlond heavy Duty 17" 4 jaw value

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