mcload
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2007
- Location
- Houston, Texas
Hello crew; I hope everyone is having a good weekend.
I have a couple of dumb questions; sorry for using the forum like this
First is what is the LARGEST lathe SB ever made and sold commercially? As far as I can tell,
it's the "Turnado", and I assume gear driven? Or did they make an even larger lathe with
a hollow spindle for oilfield tools? Just wondering.
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Second, why are metal chip pans so difficult to find?
I am sure that somewhere across this great nation, there is a shop with a shear and bending brake
just rusting away, never being used. I mean, how difficult is it to make a 9" x 32" x1" sheet metal pan
for 9" lathes? Okay, you are right in saying that there would have to be several different lengths for
shorter lathe beds. But so what?
Having an entrepreneurial spirit myself, you would think some enterprising person could crank these out pretty quickly.
I recall making simple sheet metal pans in 8th grade metal shop and there was nothing to it. I'd bet a dollar to
a donut that if I tried to have one made here locally, they would want 300 bucks just because its a one-off and
custom. No one can afford that kind of gouging.
But again, a shear and brake just laying dormant? I'd rather be cranking out something that is needed rather
than sitting in front of a TV watching reruns of Am Pickers. There is no way that I can afford a shear and brake just for single use,
nor do I have room for them. Or are we all just too cheap to make it semi-profitable? I see lots of plastic-printed gears
and indicator holders being offered on that auction site, but never a simple chip pan. Or is it because a ¾" plywood board with wooden sides
would suffice, and cost zero bucks to make?! Probably the latter. (But then again, not everyone has a table saw either).
And before you ask, no I'm not (yet) interested in funding such a venture myself.
If I owned an unused shear and brake, then I might. So, just asking America I suppose.
Just saying.
PMc
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I have a couple of dumb questions; sorry for using the forum like this
First is what is the LARGEST lathe SB ever made and sold commercially? As far as I can tell,
it's the "Turnado", and I assume gear driven? Or did they make an even larger lathe with
a hollow spindle for oilfield tools? Just wondering.
----------------------
Second, why are metal chip pans so difficult to find?
I am sure that somewhere across this great nation, there is a shop with a shear and bending brake
just rusting away, never being used. I mean, how difficult is it to make a 9" x 32" x1" sheet metal pan
for 9" lathes? Okay, you are right in saying that there would have to be several different lengths for
shorter lathe beds. But so what?
Having an entrepreneurial spirit myself, you would think some enterprising person could crank these out pretty quickly.
I recall making simple sheet metal pans in 8th grade metal shop and there was nothing to it. I'd bet a dollar to
a donut that if I tried to have one made here locally, they would want 300 bucks just because its a one-off and
custom. No one can afford that kind of gouging.
But again, a shear and brake just laying dormant? I'd rather be cranking out something that is needed rather
than sitting in front of a TV watching reruns of Am Pickers. There is no way that I can afford a shear and brake just for single use,
nor do I have room for them. Or are we all just too cheap to make it semi-profitable? I see lots of plastic-printed gears
and indicator holders being offered on that auction site, but never a simple chip pan. Or is it because a ¾" plywood board with wooden sides
would suffice, and cost zero bucks to make?! Probably the latter. (But then again, not everyone has a table saw either).
And before you ask, no I'm not (yet) interested in funding such a venture myself.
If I owned an unused shear and brake, then I might. So, just asking America I suppose.
Just saying.
PMc
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