Hello All, new member here.
I am the engineering and manufacturing manager of a small farm equipment manufacturer, and in our efforts to tidy up and organize our manufacturing space, the owner(s) wanted to get rid of an old lathe an employee purchased for the company to use 5 years ago, just before I began working for the company. I never paid much attention to it, as it has been under a tarp since that time and I knew it was not operational. When I first got the go-ahead to move it down the road, I figured it maybe was only worth scrap price. But after doing a little research, it seems these machines have a great reputation and quite a following!
The employee that purchased the lathe no longer works with us, and after contacting him, it seems he is more interested in selling the lathe rather than moving it again. I mentioned that our machinest might be interested in it, and he said to just have him "send a check for what he thinks its worth".
What I have gathered, is that it is a 1942 10EE (20") model, which has been converted to a 3PH VFD controlled 5hp motor. I don't know much about lathes, so apologies if I don't know the technical terms for things. In addition to the placard with the model/serial#/mfgdate, it has a brass tag with "E.V. 1674". What does that mean?
Any ideas what a fair price might be? I know a lot depends on whether or not it runs...But we don't really have a good way to test it out, and it looks like the VFD and fuse box were removed when it was moved. I also noticed it must have been tipped over on its front at one time, since a few of the levers are bent (which from my research isn't uncommon).
Thanks!
I am the engineering and manufacturing manager of a small farm equipment manufacturer, and in our efforts to tidy up and organize our manufacturing space, the owner(s) wanted to get rid of an old lathe an employee purchased for the company to use 5 years ago, just before I began working for the company. I never paid much attention to it, as it has been under a tarp since that time and I knew it was not operational. When I first got the go-ahead to move it down the road, I figured it maybe was only worth scrap price. But after doing a little research, it seems these machines have a great reputation and quite a following!
The employee that purchased the lathe no longer works with us, and after contacting him, it seems he is more interested in selling the lathe rather than moving it again. I mentioned that our machinest might be interested in it, and he said to just have him "send a check for what he thinks its worth".
What I have gathered, is that it is a 1942 10EE (20") model, which has been converted to a 3PH VFD controlled 5hp motor. I don't know much about lathes, so apologies if I don't know the technical terms for things. In addition to the placard with the model/serial#/mfgdate, it has a brass tag with "E.V. 1674". What does that mean?
Any ideas what a fair price might be? I know a lot depends on whether or not it runs...But we don't really have a good way to test it out, and it looks like the VFD and fuse box were removed when it was moved. I also noticed it must have been tipped over on its front at one time, since a few of the levers are bent (which from my research isn't uncommon).
Thanks!