Nice old lathe

[jabberwoki]

Cincinatti Lathe for Sale in Puyallup, WA - OfferUp

Used (normal wear), 15" Cincinatti hydra shift. 5hp 3 phase. Great condition ways are excellent. Includes steadyrest No tooling. . Make an offer!;

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[MushCreek]

That seems like a steal. Too bad it's 3000 miles away.

 

[RoninB4]

-Nice old lathe of good pedigree and described as good condition including the ways. Somebody should go get it, price is certainly good.

 

[rdoty]

I keep hearing that manual machine tools that are too big for home shops tend to go for barely over scrap rates. This looks like an example of that.

 

[MushCreek]

That machine would work for me, assuming it has a 5 hp motor, which is what I think they came with. My rotary phase converter runs off of a 10 hp motor, which limits me to 5 hp on the output end. A lathe like that would be at least $5K around here.

 

[Banjorear]

Dang. I'm in the market for a decent sized lathe. Too bad I'm so far away.

 

[RoninB4]

I keep hearing that manual machine tools that are too big for home shops tend to go for barely over scrap rates. This looks like an example of that.

-That's what happens to a lot of them, scrap yard. A bit sad to see them end up that way.

 

[MushCreek]

The drawbacks of a big lathe are large 3 phase motor, they take up space, and they usually have a rather limited RPM range, especially old ones. I ran a big beast at work with a max RPM of 460.