How are the older sheldon lathes? I don't see a whole lot on ebay so getting
an idea of the going rate is hard. I am looking at what the seller thinks is
a 12" swing, I will be looking saturday.

My buddy has a 10"x24" with the double lever/hot shift. Vintage 50's I
think. Came out of a high school shop. Much better lathe than my
equivilent Logan. He didn't get much tooling with it, I've been trying
to con him into a swap.

wayne mak wrote:
How are the older sheldon lathes? I don't see a whole lot on ebay so getting
an idea of the going rate is hard. I am looking at what the seller thinks is
a 12" swing, I will be looking saturday.

wayne mak wrote:
How are the older sheldon lathes? I don't see a whole lot on ebay so getting
an idea of the going rate is hard. I am looking at what the seller thinks is
a 12" swing, I will be looking saturday.


You need to define "older", as they've been out of business for quite
some time, about 25 years at least. They are all well-built machines,
although they made several classes of machines, from light, better
hobby-grade machines to the finest toolmaker's machines.

Jon

I looked at them today, 2 lathes for the price of one. Both came out of a
school, don't look to bad but they also don't seem to have much resale on
ebay.
"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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wayne mak wrote:
How are the older sheldon lathes? I don't see a whole lot on ebay so
getting an idea of the going rate is hard. I am looking at what the
seller thinks is a 12" swing, I will be looking saturday.
You need to define "older", as they've been out of business for quite
some time, about 25 years at least. They are all well-built machines,
although they made several classes of machines, from light, better
hobby-grade machines to the finest toolmaker's machines.

Jon

What kind of size/condition/price??

wayne mak wrote:
I looked at them today, 2 lathes for the price of one. Both came out of a
school, don't look to bad but they also don't seem to have much resale on
ebay.
"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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wayne mak wrote:

How are the older sheldon lathes? I don't see a whole lot on ebay so
getting an idea of the going rate is hard. I am looking at what the
seller thinks is a 12" swing, I will be looking saturday.

You need to define "older", as they've been out of business for quite
some time, about 25 years at least. They are all well-built machines,
although they made several classes of machines, from light, better
hobby-grade machines to the finest toolmaker's machines.

Jon

I have decided I will buy tham and sell one. I THINK its a 12" swing not a
real long bed. Nice lathe for sure.
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What kind of size/condition/price??

wayne mak wrote:
I looked at them today, 2 lathes for the price of one. Both came out of a
school, don't look to bad but they also don't seem to have much resale on
ebay.
"Jon Elson" wrote in message
...

wayne mak wrote:

How are the older sheldon lathes? I don't see a whole lot on ebay so
getting an idea of the going rate is hard. I am looking at what the
seller thinks is a 12" swing, I will be looking saturday.

You need to define "older", as they've been out of business for quite
some time, about 25 years at least. They are all well-built machines,
although they made several classes of machines, from light, better
hobby-grade machines to the finest toolmaker's machines.

Jon