Before I take a long drive to look at this private seller's lathe,
anyone know anything about a Jet TL-25 Turret Lathe, built around
1979? Seller describes it as 24" length, 6" swing, uses 5C collets,
crosslide has a lever rather than a dial, motor is 2HP. He's asking
$1,500 I can't find any info on the web. Any info or opinions is
appreciated.

I've also looked at Hardinge DV-59's and either they are too
expensive, too far away, or need major rebuilding. I want a 5C lathe
for hobby use.

Regards,
Ed Ferguson

On 18 Mar 2004 18:43:09 -0800, (Ed) wrote:

Before I take a long drive to look at this private seller's lathe,
anyone know anything about a Jet TL-25 Turret Lathe, built around
1979? Seller describes it as 24" length, 6" swing, uses 5C collets,
crosslide has a lever rather than a dial, motor is 2HP. He's asking
$1,500 I can't find any info on the web. Any info or opinions is
appreciated.

I've also looked at Hardinge DV-59's and either they are too
expensive, too far away, or need major rebuilding. I want a 5C lathe
for hobby use.

Regards,
Ed Ferguson

Ed..are you SURE you want a second ops lathe for hobby work? They are
very limited in what you can do with it. That is not a lathe you can
even do much turning on, unless you are setting the turret up for runs
of parts.

Gunner

"As physicists now know, there is some nonzero probability that any object will,
through quantum effects, tunnel from the workbench in your shop to Floyds Knobs,
Indiana (unless your shop is already in Indiana, in which case the object will
tunnel to Trotters, North Dakota).
The smaller mass of the object, the higher the probability.
Therefore, disassembled parts, particularly small ones,
of machines disappear much faster than assembled machines."
Greg Dermer: rec.crafts.metalworking