1978-82 Select 8X16B lathe

[partsproduction]

My Select lathe, which I paid too much for, built by Lin Huan, the turret lathe manufacturer. A cute little lathe I just had to have.

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The data plate, 12 speeds!;

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Another view;

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If any of you have one like this, also sold under the names Lin Huan and David, please contact me via PM, or directly via [email protected] (Replace the 9 with a u)
Thanks,
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[2oolhound]

That's a shorty. I like how it sits in the chip tray. How big is the hole through centre?

 

[sasquatch12]

Darn, that is nice!!

 

[Mark in Indiana]

That's a very nice looking lathe. Since you mentioned that you paid too much for, how much did it cost you?

 

[partsproduction]

The chip pan is cast iron, with no provision for coolant, no hole for it to run out or filter etc. The ways are hardened and ground, and so far I've found zero scraping, every precision flat surface is ground. Normal practice is hardened and ground main ways but all others machined and then scraped, so that has been an interesting discovery.

The hole through the spindle is 13/16" I believe I read in Tony's site. (http://www.lathes.co.uk/select/)
This little lathe is kind of weird, the cross slide is powered from a keyway in the LEAD SCREW through a couple of gears providing power to the feedscrew, but longitudinal feeds are done using the half nuts, which of course means if you are turning a shaft down using feeds setup in the feedbox you'd have to make large changes from that to threading. Also, there is no clutch from the keyed takeoff to the cross slide FEED screw, you flip the little lever and it is instantly engaged. IIRC my old Jet 1236P was the same way though, for both longitudinal and cross feeds.
The motor is a 1/2 HP 115V "Yung Fu", (seriously).

I paid $1250 for this lathe based on it being in nearly new condition. There are a lot of dings from being in someone's garage or basement for 30 years but very little wear from use. BTW, by using a currency inflation correcter website the original price of $995 would be $3300 today.
This is the thirteenth lathe in my little collection, but six of them are business investments used every day.