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Rivett lathe
i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE
clone. I see the variable speed drive is way different: http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html Does this work well? Other comments on this machine. It will be a house warming present for "the Kid". He just bought a foreclosed house with a MONSTER insulated shop. Dad only had to loan him 60K Karl |
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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message anews.com... i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE clone. I see the variable speed drive is way different: http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html Does this work well? Other comments on this machine. It will be a house warming present for "the Kid". He just bought a foreclosed house with a MONSTER insulated shop. Dad only had to loan him 60K Karl I've seen a lot of Rivett lathes at auctions of older plants in the northeast, they all looked rock solid. Quite a few were secondary operation lathes, IIRC. |
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Karl Townsend wrote:
i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE clone. I see the variable speed drive is way different: http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html Does this work well? Other comments on this machine. What a sweet looking design. Other than maybe being something of a bitch to change the belts, it looks like it would be easy to maintain. Or just take out the vari-speed motor and belts and stick in a plain vanilla 3-phase motor and vfd. If you give him the lathe, I think he would be obligated to help you with a certain muddy job you have (: It will be a house warming present for "the Kid". He just bought a foreclosed house with a MONSTER insulated shop. Dad only had to loan him 60K Karl |
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On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:10:40 -0500, "Karl Townsend"
wrote: i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE clone. I see the variable speed drive is way different: http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html Does this work well? Other comments on this machine. It will be a house warming present for "the Kid". He just bought a foreclosed house with a MONSTER insulated shop. Dad only had to loan him 60K Karl Is this a 1020 or the far more common 1030? Frankly..if the ways were good and nothing was worn out...Id give a couple toes to own either one. Marvelous lathes!! And yes..the drives are very very good. Gunner "First Law of Leftist Debate The more you present a leftist with factual evidence that is counter to his preconceived world view and the more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot, homophobe approaches infinity. This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to the subject." Grey Ghost |
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Rivett lathe
"Jim Stewart" wrote in message ... Karl Townsend wrote: i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE clone. I see the variable speed drive is way different: http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html Does this work well? Other comments on this machine. What a sweet looking design. Other than maybe being something of a bitch to change the belts, it looks like it would be easy to maintain. Or just take out the vari-speed motor and belts and stick in a plain vanilla 3-phase motor and vfd. If you give him the lathe, I think he would be obligated to help you with a certain muddy job you have (: Oh, he already helped. This riser had two gasket to steel adapters, a six inch steel collar with a four inch cutout for a "T", then three twenty two degree four inch pieces to make a sweep ninety. And finally a reducing flange to three inch pipe thread. He TIG welded it all and certifies no leaks at 150 PSI. In short, he's the skilled labor. I get to play in the mud. Karl |
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Is this a 1020 or the far more common 1030? Frankly..if the ways were good and nothing was worn out...Id give a couple toes to own either one. Marvelous lathes!! And yes..the drives are very very good. Gunner haven't seen it, or even pics yet. The guy didn't know what I meant by a lathe chuck or any other basic questions. We googled together by phone and he said it looked like the one I linked. Karl |
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