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lathe advice...
Hello,
Any suggestions on what is best to buy if buying new belt driven or geared head metal lathes in the $2,000-$4,000 range? Thanks, -- Ted Harris http://www.tedharris.com |
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In news:ted harris typed:
Hello, Any suggestions on what is best to buy if buying new belt driven or geared head metal lathes in the $2,000-$4,000 range? Thanks, Sorry for the extra post... I was referring to a 13" x 40"... Thanks again, -- Ted Harris http://www.tedharris.com |
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Take a look at MSC - but you are not likely to find a new geared head 13 x
40 for under $6000. Bob Swinney "ted harris" wrote in message ... In news:ted harris typed: Hello, Any suggestions on what is best to buy if buying new belt driven or geared head metal lathes in the $2,000-$4,000 range? Thanks, Sorry for the extra post... I was referring to a 13" x 40"... Thanks again, -- Ted Harris http://www.tedharris.com |
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For $4000.00 you can get a Birmingham English made lathe which is a
very nicely made machine. Weighs about a ton and is quite solid. Google for Birmingham Lathe. 73 Gary |
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lathe advice...
A lathe in that price range may not have the best quality gears, possibly
leading to noise and vibration. I would rather go belt driven and most likely have a smooth, quiet machine. Of course, if you can witness the machine under power, it might not be an issue. It is a little more trouble to change speeds on a belt drive, but you could eventually install a VFD which will eliminate that problem and enhance the low noise performance even more due to the 3-phase motor required for VFD operation. Randy "ted harris" wrote in message ... Hello, Any suggestions on what is best to buy if buying new belt driven or geared head metal lathes in the $2,000-$4,000 range? Thanks, -- Ted Harris http://www.tedharris.com |
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By this do you mean a new lathe 13 x 40 size made in the UK, I would
doubt it. Probably just a Chinese or Taiwanese made lathe sold by a company called Birmingham. Gary wrote: For $4000.00 you can get a Birmingham English made lathe which is a very nicely made machine. Weighs about a ton and is quite solid. Google for Birmingham Lathe. 73 Gary |
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Check out Southern-tool.com
By this do you mean a new lathe 13 x 40 size made in the UK, I would doubt it. Probably just a Chinese or Taiwanese made lathe sold by a company called Birmingham. |
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I couldn;t see any mention of where they are manufactrued on that web
site but this one lists a number of the same Birmingham lathes as made in China http://www.americanmachinetools.com/lathe.htm Gary wrote: Check out Southern-tool.com By this do you mean a new lathe 13 x 40 size made in the UK, I would doubt it. Probably just a Chinese or Taiwanese made lathe sold by a company called Birmingham. |
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Thanks for the pointer. Their price is about $400.00 less than
Southern Tool's for the YCL-1440 that I am interested in. The name had me fooled. I used to use a Harrison tool room lathe that was quite nice 73 Gary |
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I would call up my favorite machine tool dealer named Dick Trimstra
and ask him to find me a nice used machine. He gets lots good stuff from schools etc. You can even find him on ebay. bmachines I think. He is in detroit, but delivers for very reasonable prices. chuck In article , ted harris wrote: Hello, Any suggestions on what is best to buy if buying new belt driven or geared head metal lathes in the $2,000-$4,000 range? Thanks, -- Ted Harris http://www.tedharris.com |
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If you are interested in a clean 1989 harrison M300 w/ tracer, $5000.
would pry it out of my storage unit. Has some extras like a 3J chuck along with the tracer. Leigh@MarMachine |
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:45:33 +0000, David Billington
wrote: I couldn;t see any mention of where they are manufactrued on that web site but this one lists a number of the same Birmingham lathes as made in China http://www.americanmachinetools.com/lathe.htm Birmingham lathes are made in China, or Taiwan, depending on model. They are basiclly no more than a rebadged Red Dragon Noodle and Machine Tool Works machine. Not bad. Not great..but a decent machine. They tend to wear a bit in 15-20 yrs..more so than good American iron in production usage. But they are decent enough to do good work with, and are found in a number of commercial machine shops. Same with the mills with the same badge. The same mills may be found badged as Comet etc etc..and the lathes under MCM and other names They are NOT British made. Perhaps ..and likely..there was a Birmingham Machine works in Britian at one time..but no longer. Gunner, machine tool repair tech Gary wrote: Check out Southern-tool.com By this do you mean a new lathe 13 x 40 size made in the UK, I would doubt it. Probably just a Chinese or Taiwanese made lathe sold by a company called Birmingham. "Deep in her heart, every moslem woman yearns to show us her tits" John Griffin |
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