On Wed, 04 May 2005 22:51:32 -0700, GrumpyOldGeek
wrote:


My buddy is going to pass on this lathe, not himself feeling qualified
to get this one up and running again. There is no tooling whatever other
than a rusty 3-jaw. No toolpost, no tailstock anything, no steady, no
follower, no lathe centers, no dog plate, no 4-jaw, no nothing. $500
as it sits, in Snohomish, Washington.

What you've got to ask yourself is "Do I want
a lathe or do I want a project?" Looks like
a project to me.

A friend of mine has either a Sheldon or a
Logan with the same jackshaft bearing issue.
It didn't look too hard to turn and bush the
shaft. The other stuff, I don't know...


Indeed. Though..unless stuff is missing...it looks like a decent
enough lathe. A bit spendy. Shrug

I know you have more than the skill level to fix it up and likely in a
single weekend, based on what the issues you have shown. The big
question is...how are the ways, how do the spindle bearings sound,
and how much slop is in the tailstock ram?

As Grumpy said..the jack shaft is easy to bush, the clutches are
generally simple and the gear selector can likely be fabricated.

What is your gut feeling and do you Feel anything about this lathe?
If it flips your dress up..then its worth it to putz with it. And if
you get it running but dont like it, you can likely get your money
plus, back out of it.

Gunner

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of every country save their own. Benjamin Disraeli