Snag wrote:
RBnDFW wrote:
Snag wrote:
RBnDFW wrote:
This is a 11" or larger cabinet lathe, bright metallic green with a
white racing strip.
Sold by Montgomery Wards until around 1980.
Made by Logan/Houdaille
I am looking to buy one, in very good to mint condition.
Recently bought a Powermatic mill, and it needs a mate.

I'm in N Texas
Rex B
All Wards POWR-KRAFT lathes were a dark gray - originally . I don't
know when Wards quit selling them , but mine (model 94TLC 2136)
dates from early 1952 . The best thing you can do at this point is
sign up on the Logan Lathe email list on yahoo groups . Scott Logan
is the moderator , and Logan Actuator supports these old machines
very well . There is also a database of all the machines Logan (and
later powermatic , IIRC) made and when they were produced . Keep an
eye on eBay , there's almost always a Logan lathe or two available .
Yessir, been on that list since I bought my 9: Logan years ago.
I just now sold it. snif

I feel your pain man . I've had mine for several years now . Use it mostly
for motorcycle parts and it's been a joy to use . Be kinda like your best
hound dyin' to sell it now .

Well, I had just bought a big (to me) Millrite mill and put it into an
already crowded shop. I realized that I used my Enco 10x24 most of the
time, and the Logan hardly at all. It was between the minilathe and the
Enco, and frankly the little Logan was much less rigid than the Enco. It
did not like hard cuts. The last thing I did was part off a 2" aluminum
rod. When it threw the motor pulley off I finally gave up and took it
over to the Enco to finish.
And I was also selling my mill drill - same thing, it was the rarely
used "between" machine now. I do the small work on the minimill, and now
I have the big Millrite.
So both Logan and Mill-drill are gone, and I have the cash to get a
bigger lathe. If I find a Logan Powermatic like I want, I'll sell the
Enco and be done for a while.
And by the way, I've decided I'll also need a Powermatic 1200 drill
press. Green of course.