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Bought a clausing 13x36 lathe today
Followup to my earlier question to the newsgroup about lathe rust etc
Stopped by the seller today. That Clausing Colchester lathe that I was asking about, I think looks worse on photos: http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Clausing-Lathe/ than it is actually is. The thin layer of rust looks especially bad due to presence of dried gunk and woodworking dust. There is a lot of dust and gunk on the ways and they are not actually rusted. But the sides are. The father of the owner is a woodworker, who uses his Bridgeport mill to machine wood. Hence the wood dust. No ****. I have not been able to ascertain how worn the lathe is. It may be worn or it may not be worn. Haven't a clue. The gears and stuff, look OK. It is either 13x36, or 13x40. There is a ****load of tooling, extra chuck, dogs, and so on included with it. All with some rust, though, but after 2 hours of wirebrushing most rust on the tooling will be gone. The machine itself will be harder. It is a geared lathe, not varidrive. It seemed to turn when the belt was pulled and engaged the clutch. It looks exactly like pictures he http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25121 The best matching picture from http://www.lathes.co.uk is this: http://www.lathes.co.uk/colchester/page2.html the picture is this one http://www.lathes.co.uk/colchester/img0.gif I believe that it pictures a lathe that is identical to mine. Could not find any difference. There is enough electrics in the back to make me suspect that the motor may be 2 speed. The price was $425. The motor looks very big, maybe 3 or 5 HP. I hope that it is 3 HP as I have a 3.7 kW VFD that could run it. Anyway, I paid with check and I will pick up in perhaps 2-3 weeks. The sellers looked nice enough that I trusted them with the money, and I took some parts of the lathe with me. Meanwhile I will clear out my garage and make a platform on casters to move it around. (those heavy duty casters from the Bridgeport bed). Their garage is also godawfully messy and casters are a must to maneuver it. I have a question for now. What is the weight of it? -- Due to extreme spam originating from Google Groups, and their inattention to spammers, I and many others block all articles originating from Google Groups. If you want your postings to be seen by more readers you will need to find a different means of posting on Usenet. http://improve-usenet.org/ |
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