RyanPitch
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2010
- Location
- Hermosa Beach, CA
So I was in the market for a 10" lathe and I find this Logan 11" lathe that's about a 30 minute drive down a dirt road from nowhere. I can't identify the lathe because its QC gearbox says "1915" and it's got a 55" bedway. It has V-belts but its bedway says Serial Number 665:
Maybe Scott can comment on that and tell me where the heck this thing is from.
It also came with a turret and a regular tailstock. Gosh how I wish it had a steel cabinet, but oh well, you can't have everything.
I'm there with a minivan and I'm like, "How am I going to load this thing? I need to disassemble it." And the seller is immediately like, "No way! I can load that thing for you in a heartbeat."
So he lifts two legs into the bucket of a John Deere and uses this thing that he calls a "come-along" to cinch it down to the front:
I'm like, "I can't believe this guy is going to drive down the road with this thing cantilevered off the tractor like that."
He gets it outside:
and brings over ANOTHER John Deere to lift the lathe. This one had a ball hitch attached to the front of the bucket:
So he drives that tractor down the road:
And he puts the thing in my minivan.
Not able to let well enough alone, I decide to strip and paint it. I can't stand the sea foam green color.
My painting endeavor - next post to come.
Maybe Scott can comment on that and tell me where the heck this thing is from.
It also came with a turret and a regular tailstock. Gosh how I wish it had a steel cabinet, but oh well, you can't have everything.
I'm there with a minivan and I'm like, "How am I going to load this thing? I need to disassemble it." And the seller is immediately like, "No way! I can load that thing for you in a heartbeat."
So he lifts two legs into the bucket of a John Deere and uses this thing that he calls a "come-along" to cinch it down to the front:
I'm like, "I can't believe this guy is going to drive down the road with this thing cantilevered off the tractor like that."
He gets it outside:
and brings over ANOTHER John Deere to lift the lathe. This one had a ball hitch attached to the front of the bucket:
So he drives that tractor down the road:
And he puts the thing in my minivan.
Not able to let well enough alone, I decide to strip and paint it. I can't stand the sea foam green color.
My painting endeavor - next post to come.