Rlschow
Aluminum
- Joined
- May 22, 2016
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
My name is Roger. This machine is new to me. I bought it a couple months ago from PM member rpsequin. Ralph was a great guy to deal with and he still has other lathes (a Webb Mori-Seiki type and an HLV-H), among a garage full of awesome machines to keep him company.
Here’s the Graziano in Ralph’s side yard awaiting pickup. I got so absorbed in the logistics that I failed to take any photos of the move, but it involved my son Sam and Ralph to help me get it loaded into a rented lift-bed trailer.
After an hour’s drive, Sam and I unloaded the machine into the storage shed where I am cleaning, servicing, and repairing it before moving it to my shop.
I am starting this new thread to have an accessible record of the project to restore this machine to service, and hopefully to add to the resources here for other owners of the SAG 12s. I have to say I would not have bought a Graziano without the existence of PM. I owe thanks to members Peter from Holland, Peter S, wesg, noamw, ACHiPo, and others for sharing information about these machines. I read a lot of posts from these guys before diving into this and it has helped greatly with the work I’ve done so far.
This lathe has been out of commission and stored outside for at least a couple years. I saw some photos of what it looked like when Ralph picked it up at Gary Aragon’s (machinery dealer here in the Bay Area) yard, and it was a lot less rusty when he let it go to me, but there were/are still areas needing attention.
First thing I did was disassemble and clean the 3 jaw chuck. It’s an SCA, made in Sweden. Here’s before…
and after.
Here’s the Graziano in Ralph’s side yard awaiting pickup. I got so absorbed in the logistics that I failed to take any photos of the move, but it involved my son Sam and Ralph to help me get it loaded into a rented lift-bed trailer.
After an hour’s drive, Sam and I unloaded the machine into the storage shed where I am cleaning, servicing, and repairing it before moving it to my shop.
I am starting this new thread to have an accessible record of the project to restore this machine to service, and hopefully to add to the resources here for other owners of the SAG 12s. I have to say I would not have bought a Graziano without the existence of PM. I owe thanks to members Peter from Holland, Peter S, wesg, noamw, ACHiPo, and others for sharing information about these machines. I read a lot of posts from these guys before diving into this and it has helped greatly with the work I’ve done so far.
This lathe has been out of commission and stored outside for at least a couple years. I saw some photos of what it looked like when Ralph picked it up at Gary Aragon’s (machinery dealer here in the Bay Area) yard, and it was a lot less rusty when he let it go to me, but there were/are still areas needing attention.
First thing I did was disassemble and clean the 3 jaw chuck. It’s an SCA, made in Sweden. Here’s before…
and after.