This one is not mine... But it sure looks fun...

Makes me wanna ride it... Yeah baby...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/tls/773231552.html

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Ignoramus9959 wrote:

This one is not mine... But it sure looks fun...

Makes me wanna ride it... Yeah baby...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/tls/773231552.html

The caster are a bit scary, but it doesn't look bad otherwise, and those
casters would take about 5 min to remove to level the machine properly.
If it was near me I might buy it, it's a bit bigger than what I have
now.

On 2008-07-29, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus9959 wrote:

This one is not mine... But it sure looks fun...

Makes me wanna ride it... Yeah baby...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/tls/773231552.html

The caster are a bit scary, but it doesn't look bad otherwise, and those
casters would take about 5 min to remove to level the machine properly.
If it was near me I might buy it, it's a bit bigger than what I have
now.

Actually, if anyone is looking for a lathe, I know that guy, he is a
super AAA+++ guy. And those casters, I sold to him a while ago. The
lathe looked nice and solid when I saw it a few months ago, though I
did not explore it in detail.

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See stand.txt and the accociated JPGs.
JR
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:41:17 -0500, Ignoramus9959
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This one is not mine... But it sure looks fun...

Makes me wanna ride it... Yeah baby...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/tls/773231552.html
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On 2008-07-29, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus9959 wrote:

This one is not mine... But it sure looks fun...

Makes me wanna ride it... Yeah baby...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/tls/773231552.html

The caster are a bit scary, but it doesn't look bad otherwise, and those
casters would take about 5 min to remove to level the machine properly.
If it was near me I might buy it, it's a bit bigger than what I have
now.

And note that the casters are not touching the floor in the
photos. There is cribbing under both ends -- though given the location
of the headstock cribbing I would expect that there is a bit of tension
on the bed making it bow up in the middle. I would (if I kept the
casters installed, which is highly unlikely) either move the headstock
cribbing closer to the casters, or ideally put some either side of the
casters. Of course, since it is a good distance from where I live, I
will skip it.

I also notice that as supplied it is *only* a turret lathe. If
you want to use it for both turret and normal uses (as I do my
Clausing), you'll have to find a matching tailstock -- and a way to lift
that turret off the bed. Based on the weight of the turret on my 12x24"
Clausing, I would *really* not want to lift that one off the 16" lathe
without a crane of some sort.

Hmm ... a closer look says that this turret is coupled to the
leadscrew -- and probably has a power feed -- so it would be a major
task to remove it and put on a tailstock. Just leave this one set up as
a turret machine, and use another machine for normal non-production
lathe work.

Also -- the photos are rather limited at the end of the
headstock, so I can't tell whether it has a lever style collet closer or
not. With a turret, I would *really* want a collect closer on the
machine.

I like the red-orange paint on all of the controls, and may do
something like that for my Clausing.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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DoN, I forgot, what kind of Clausing do you have?
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On 2008-07-29, Ignoramus31137 wrote:
DoN, I forgot, what kind of Clausing do you have?

A 12x24" one. 5418 is the model number.

It came with a bed turret instead of a tailstock, and the bed
turret had a serial number which matched that of the lathe, so it was
original.

I did have to find a tailstock for normal use.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 2008-07-29, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2008-07-29, Ignoramus31137 wrote:
DoN, I forgot, what kind of Clausing do you have?

A 12x24" one. 5418 is the model number.

It came with a bed turret instead of a tailstock, and the bed
turret had a serial number which matched that of the lathe, so it was
original.

I did have to find a tailstock for normal use.

Do you find it capable of doing what you need it to do? Ever feel like
needing a bigger one? Just curious. Still trying to get a feel of what
I need from a lathe.

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On 29 Jul 2008 04:17:35 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

Hmm ... a closer look says that this turret is coupled to the
leadscrew -- and probably has a power feed -- so it would be a major
task to remove it and put on a tailstock. Just leave this one set up as
a turret machine, and use another machine for normal non-production
lathe work.

Good catch. I used to own one and the feed does run thru the turret.
It would not be practical to switch back and forth between the turret
and a tailstock.

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On 2008-07-29, Ignoramus31137 wrote:
On 2008-07-29, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2008-07-29, Ignoramus31137 wrote:
DoN, I forgot, what kind of Clausing do you have?

A 12x24" one. 5418 is the model number.

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Do you find it capable of doing what you need it to do? Ever feel like
needing a bigger one? Just curious. Still trying to get a feel of what
I need from a lathe.

I've been finding it to be quite satisfactory. There was one
project where I would have liked to have a little more swing, and one
where I would have liked to have a little more between centers, but
both were extreme situations for me.

So -- it all depends on what you want to do with a lathe.

The time when I wanted a little more swing was for repairing a
broken flange on a pulley for my Nichols mill -- but I wound up getting
a set from a newer model, which with a bit of adaptation eliminated the
need to fix the original pulley (which was for two parallel belts for
each speed).

The time when I could have used a little more length was when I
was making some circular waveguide antennas for wireless ethernet to
connect to a friend's house across the street and one extra house
downhill. I was able to make them sa single wavelength long (from
Aluminum pipe), but did not have quite the length to make one two
wavelengths long to produce a narrower angle of acceptance and a greater
gain.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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