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You can fit a Southbend 16x 10 in a Ford E-150 van. You remove the legs
and
motor cabinet and slide the bed in up against the doghouse.
Tony
"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
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Gary Brady wrote:
wrote:
I have the opportunity to buy a South Bend lathe. It is a 16"x12'
bed. It won't turn but about 9' between centers though. It has a
motor with 4 v-belts jackshafted to a 4 step flat pully up to the
headstock. It is fairly old (I think the headstock is babbit
bearings)
but is is pretty good shape considering it has set in a tractor shed
for the last 10 years, getting a douche of diesel every month to keep
it from rusting. It has a 4 jaw chuck and he said there might be
some
other tooling somewhere(?) I am a woodworker with dreams of turning
long bedposts on it if nothing else, but if it cheap enough I may
sell
it and buy some woodworking tools with the profit. I saw where one
almost like it (10'bed) did not sell on Ebay for the $2750.00 start
price.
What should I offer for this?
Thanks
Jamie Norwood
I went to an auction about a year ago and there was a large lathe
there,
I'd say about 16"x60", old, very heavy, don't remember what type it
was.
The auctioneer tried to start the bidding at $1000. It finally sold
for $50, only one bidder gave the nod. By contrast, an Atlas 10x36
would sell for over $1000 in Central Texas.
That would turn the long spindle needed in the drill press tonight -
:-)
Think - what size of truck will it take to haul it where ever.
Martin
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