Just a Sparky
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- May 2, 2020
- Location
- Minnesota
Hey there, first post on this site.
A friend of mine recently sent me some photos of various machine tools in a former tenant's workshop that is being cleared out. From what I can tell matching together different photos online, one of the machines there is a South Bend CL-145B in unknown operational condition.
As a person with occasional hands-on experience with machine tools like this and a mild interest in having one of my own for personal projects (and who has quite limited garage space available), I am trying to figure out if this is something that I can (or even should) try to transport home as a first lathe. There is a smaller bench-top lathe available too, but I haven't been able to get more information on that. Failing the full-sized machine, I will likely still be coming home with something either way. I'm in a townhome living arrangement with my own private garage, but plan on moving some time in the next few years, so this is going to have to be something that is manageable to break down and transport more than once. The mini benchtop lathe is probably the smarter idea for my situation, but... free full-size lathe.
Can these machines be readily separated into smaller parts for easy transport (in the back of a Toyota RAV4)? Readily meaning pulling the head, ways and pedestal off in one to three hours - as opposed to having to dismantle the entire geartrain and every other moving piece.
For the grand total of free-ninety-nine plus elbow grease and a folding shop crane, is this something I should even be considering - and if so, what things both in general and in particular to this machine should I be looking out for when making my final decision?
Also, what sort of power source are the motors in these machines typically wound for? 120V 1⌀? 240V 1⌀? 208~240/480V 3⌀? 240V three phase I've got a spare drive for, but a single-voltage 480V motor will be a pain right in the butt.
Sorry if this post is a little jumbled, sort of writing this in the middle of other things here.
Thanks in advance for any light you guys can shed on this for me.
A friend of mine recently sent me some photos of various machine tools in a former tenant's workshop that is being cleared out. From what I can tell matching together different photos online, one of the machines there is a South Bend CL-145B in unknown operational condition.
As a person with occasional hands-on experience with machine tools like this and a mild interest in having one of my own for personal projects (and who has quite limited garage space available), I am trying to figure out if this is something that I can (or even should) try to transport home as a first lathe. There is a smaller bench-top lathe available too, but I haven't been able to get more information on that. Failing the full-sized machine, I will likely still be coming home with something either way. I'm in a townhome living arrangement with my own private garage, but plan on moving some time in the next few years, so this is going to have to be something that is manageable to break down and transport more than once. The mini benchtop lathe is probably the smarter idea for my situation, but... free full-size lathe.
Can these machines be readily separated into smaller parts for easy transport (in the back of a Toyota RAV4)? Readily meaning pulling the head, ways and pedestal off in one to three hours - as opposed to having to dismantle the entire geartrain and every other moving piece.
For the grand total of free-ninety-nine plus elbow grease and a folding shop crane, is this something I should even be considering - and if so, what things both in general and in particular to this machine should I be looking out for when making my final decision?
Also, what sort of power source are the motors in these machines typically wound for? 120V 1⌀? 240V 1⌀? 208~240/480V 3⌀? 240V three phase I've got a spare drive for, but a single-voltage 480V motor will be a pain right in the butt.
Sorry if this post is a little jumbled, sort of writing this in the middle of other things here.
Thanks in advance for any light you guys can shed on this for me.