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Sheldon lathe info, please...
Hi all,
I have an oppurtunity to buy a Sheldon model EXL-56P lathe. It is a 10" swing and the bed is about 48" long. I have not yet seen it in person, but have seen a few pics and will be going to see it in a day or so. It has quick change gearing, a 3 jaw, but not much other tooling. It looks to be in intact condition, there is surface rust on most of the exposed metal, and 50% of the paint is peeley. A friend aquired it, and has offered it to me for $500.00. He is a machinist himself, but has no interest in doing that stuff at home. He tells me that there appears to be no pitting in the rusted areas, and when he moved the carrage over an inch, there was still oil under it. He said everything moves freely, and it does not look abused. It has sat covered in a barn, not hooked up for who knows how many years. Everything looks like it would clean up with scotchbrite type effort. It has a single phase motor, but the wiring is junk so it was not tested, but I don't care too much about the motor, I have those. I will be going up to look at this myself soon. Any opinions on this machine? Is that a decent price if one considers it to be as described? Any tips, stuff to look for, etc? Anyone have one of these machines, and how do you like it? Thanks for any thoughts, -AL |
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