beckley23
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2003
- Location
- Louisville, KY, USA
I don't know if I should praise or curse Rex(LCA078). I inspected this lathe several weeks ago at his request. I also told him that I would buy it if he didn't, sight unseen. He obviously didn't buy it, but I'll let him tell the story, if he wishes.
Got my new EE today, and it's a project, about ready for the parts market, but it's a 30"er, and I'm not one to scrap a 30"er. Besides, I want to try a few things with it. Oh yes, it's the mate to my 1st one. They both came out of the same manufacturer, but they're 2 years apart on serial numbers, this one being a '64. At least on this one the DC electrics are intact, I'll find out if it runs, eventually. I also got the original module for my 1st one along with the tubes, which I think are new. Rex, I didn't look at the tubes, until the lathe was on my floor.
Besides the obvious cosmetic work it needs, and the broken TA carriage bracket, the tailstock spindle is frozen solid(most likely rust), the apron handwheel is broken and needs repair or replacing, I can't get the thread selector on the headstock to shift, it needs a feed belt, and several other repairs, hopefully minor, from what I can tell so far.
The machine most likely needs a reconditioning, apparently the rebuilders that did my 1st one, for the original owners, did this one also, and it was a terrible job.
The chucks are very questionable. I know that the 8" 6 jaw will be offered for sale, the 8" 3 jaw may stay here, but not on the EE, and the 6" 4 jaw is well rusted, I don't know yet if it can be salvaged.
The damage was done when the seller's rigger, a wrecker service (?), was unloading and it rolled over on the rear.
It hasn't run in at least 6 years, and the end covers were removed for rigging. I've got them in a different shop area.
Harry
Got my new EE today, and it's a project, about ready for the parts market, but it's a 30"er, and I'm not one to scrap a 30"er. Besides, I want to try a few things with it. Oh yes, it's the mate to my 1st one. They both came out of the same manufacturer, but they're 2 years apart on serial numbers, this one being a '64. At least on this one the DC electrics are intact, I'll find out if it runs, eventually. I also got the original module for my 1st one along with the tubes, which I think are new. Rex, I didn't look at the tubes, until the lathe was on my floor.
Besides the obvious cosmetic work it needs, and the broken TA carriage bracket, the tailstock spindle is frozen solid(most likely rust), the apron handwheel is broken and needs repair or replacing, I can't get the thread selector on the headstock to shift, it needs a feed belt, and several other repairs, hopefully minor, from what I can tell so far.
The machine most likely needs a reconditioning, apparently the rebuilders that did my 1st one, for the original owners, did this one also, and it was a terrible job.
The chucks are very questionable. I know that the 8" 6 jaw will be offered for sale, the 8" 3 jaw may stay here, but not on the EE, and the 6" 4 jaw is well rusted, I don't know yet if it can be salvaged.
The damage was done when the seller's rigger, a wrecker service (?), was unloading and it rolled over on the rear.
It hasn't run in at least 6 years, and the end covers were removed for rigging. I've got them in a different shop area.
Harry