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That Yates is a monster, They have been known to not spare any iron.
Oliver is right in there as well.
My Junk is Stuff
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Here's my 1968 Rockwell 11 x 36 metal lathe. It was in a college shop since new. I've had it about 15 years, but actually just put it back together a week ago and started working on some Live steam projects again... Yes I need to clean up some, sorry 
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My Junk is Stuff
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Picked this one up the other night
It was poorly listed on eBay, in bits with the above terrible picture, hence generated little interest
As it was cheap and close I placed a bid and won. Once home loosely assembled it to see if it was complete - which it is. It came with a new old stock motor. A box of collets, counter shaft and box of tool holders
I've now started to clean it up and strip all the paint off.
Mikron were know for the quality of their casting and as much were originally sold in this state
The bed is model No 1, with a No 13 headstock, *@#$No 24 Capstan unit and a tool rest is a compatible part off a Schaublin.
Should have the other parts done in a week or so.
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It was poorly listed on eBay, in bits with the above terrible picture, hence generated little interest
As it was cheap and close I placed a bid and won. Once home loosely assembled it to see if it was complete - which it is. It came with a new old stock motor. A box of collets, counter shaft and box of tool holders
I've now started to clean it up and strip all the paint off.
Mikron were know for the quality of their casting and as much were originally sold in this state
The bed is model No 1, with a No 13 headstock, *@#$No 24 Capstan unit and a tool rest is a compatible part off a Schaublin.
Should have the other parts done in a week or so.
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I picked up this Weiler Matador a few years ago. Just as PMD6's experienced, it was poorly listed on CL plus the fact that it wasn't a South Bend so no one knew what it was. I got it after it had been listed for a week without a response. Cosmetically challenged but it runs smooth as silk.
The Weiler Matador is a top line 12 x 20 toolroom lathe made in Germany. It came with 3 chucks, the factory C5 collet clamp set up and a full set of gears. The lead/feed can be powered by belt or gear. Spindle speeds from 36 to 3550 rpm (even came with a wood turning steady rest). It can do imperial, metric, acme threads (all left or right hand) and several other thread types that I never heard of. So many levers that I had to make a diagram of what each one does and hang it on the wall.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/weilermatador/
The Weiler Matador is a top line 12 x 20 toolroom lathe made in Germany. It came with 3 chucks, the factory C5 collet clamp set up and a full set of gears. The lead/feed can be powered by belt or gear. Spindle speeds from 36 to 3550 rpm (even came with a wood turning steady rest). It can do imperial, metric, acme threads (all left or right hand) and several other thread types that I never heard of. So many levers that I had to make a diagram of what each one does and hang it on the wall.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/weilermatador/
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bubbles92
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Here is my nearly restored Willimott lathe a believe was built in the 1920's era it's a beast and everything on it works. I found it on gumtree in a very poor state like it hadnt been used in years but i took it apart piece by piece and rebuilt it. see build link below
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=263414&highlight=1920's+lathe
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=263414&highlight=1920's+lathe
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ez-duzit
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Love that Weiler!
bubinga
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oldtimer, old post l know, but l like how you have that shelf at an angle.
l would not have thought of that.
bubinga
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dcmus
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BlueBomber
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My 1956 South Bend lathe - picked up at estate sale for $150 with the bench and a big box of tooling. Everything works on it. I recently took the head unit apart to install a new rubber drive belt, and haven't finished putting it all back together yet.
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I got lucky and after months of looking I found this lathe basically in my backyard for super cheap. it was basically brand new and had only been used to clean up crank journals before I got it. The leadscrew had literally never been used. I cleaned the dust off and gave it an oil change and I have basically a brand new lathe.
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Ditchdigger
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My Clausing.
I would like to upgrade to something with a bit more swing height but it does the trick for now.
I paid scrap price for it from an old employer. I set it on the pallet scale with a forklift, called the recyclers and asked what "mixed" was going for that day, did the math and handed over $48.
I would like to upgrade to something with a bit more swing height but it does the trick for now.
I paid scrap price for it from an old employer. I set it on the pallet scale with a forklift, called the recyclers and asked what "mixed" was going for that day, did the math and handed over $48.
ez-duzit
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Aj--looks brand new!
BlueBomber
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As posted on the 2015 Garage Sale thread, I sold my South Bend lathe to a buddy so I could buy this 12" Craftsman Commercial lathe, a re-badged Atlas, with a 54" bed. I got $300 for the South Bend lathe, double what I paid for it, and which also happened to be my purchase price for the Craftsman lathe. Here's some more of what I got for my $300 (no You ***** necessary, got plenty of those on the other thread
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ez-duzit
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Nice score!
I didn't see your question before, but here you go.
I gave 3 K for it, but it came with 3 quick change tool posts a bunch of tool holders and a pile of other tooling.
