Logan Lathe #200

[joe.striper]

I am looking at a Logan Lathe Model 200. It is early and does NOT have quick change gears, but I can thread with it, it is just a pain. It came out of a local high school and has been in possession of its current owners for 40 years where it has seen very little use. It was re-powered about 10 years ago. I have not seen it in the flesh yet. It is in the guys shop and his dad died a few years ago so it still sees use today and works well according to the seller. Price is $350 I figured it will be hard to go wrong. Any suggestions on things I should check for? i currently use a 1942 BC Ames lathe.

 

[joe.striper]

Well like an idiot I didn't research this via the GJ search feature and didn't see the EXCELLENT posts about this model lathe. I apologize, the posts were detailed and chock full of information.

I am up in the air if I am going to keep this lathe or pass it along. I like my BC Ames a great deal but it certainly has a lot of limitations. It is also really easy to use though and being a newbie I don't use it to anywhere near its limitations.

Oh well, as I stated earlier at 350, in good shape, I cannot do too badly.

Again sorry for posting before I did my research.

 

[spongerich]

The 200 was Logan's lighter weight model, but they're still very nice machines.

For that price, you can hardly go wrong. You'll probably want to add a gearbox later as changing gears for threading and feed speeds gets old, but that's fairly easy to do.

 

[zkling]

Big step up from your current machine. Better than the craftsman/atlas machines. The lack of gear box is more a limitation of power feeds than threading. Most hobbyist can get by with a set of dies. Manually cranking a feed over a long distance, for consistency is a different story though.

BTW if you plan on restoring it, please take the time and research to do it properly. Your love of buffing wheels and rounded vise edges will only hurt a precision machine tool.

 

[My Old Tools]

It has longitudinal power feed, but uses the half nuts to do so. Most do not have power cross feed. Change gears are readily available both new and used.

 

[Maui]

I have one, and bought it for about the same price. It is a nice machine, and will serve you well. Be sure to lubricate it thoroughly though. I initially couldn't even get the lead screw to turn on mine because the previous owner hadn't lubricated the gears in decades. A little 3-in-1 non-detergent machine oil, some gentle persuasion of the screw by hand, some more lube, a little more range of motion, and so on gradually got it working beautifully again. Now all of the feeds work smoothly. Does yours have any tooling?

Maui

 

[joe.striper]

I have one, and bought it for about the same price. It is a nice machine, and will serve you well. Be sure to lubricate it thoroughly though. I initially couldn't even get the lead screw to turn on mine because the previous owner hadn't lubricated the gears in decades. A little 3-in-1 non-detergent machine oil, some gentle persuasion of the screw by hand, some more lube, a little more range of motion, and so on gradually got it working beautifully again. Now all of the feeds work smoothly. Does yours have any tooling?

Maui

Going to see it in the flesh in 2 hours. i hope it does.