Think I found my lathe!!!

[countryroad82]

You ****!!!!!!!

 

[Vette10R]

Just curious but what's the plan with it? I love having tools of any kind but cant really see myself using a lathe to often?

Do you have projects lined up or a small business?

 

[ssdave]

Great end to that story.... or more like a great beginning.

Looks like a good solid lathe. I wish it was mine. I've got a 10 x 36 Atlas, with quick change. Much lighter machine, easy to move, but not rigid enough for heavy work. I bought it as a compromise, needed the portability to get it into the basement, and it will do most of what I really need to do. I'd much rather have a good industrial lathe like you have.

 

[LXCam]

Congrats on getting a smoking deal. I sure hope this is your last "I'm looking for a lathe" thread but I suspect they'll be at least.......one more. Lol!

 

[ibedayank]

use a green 3m green scrub pad... steal it from the kitchen... and some oil to remove the rust from the ways

 

[cgrutt]

Thanks guys.

Just curious but what's the plan with it? I love having tools of any kind but cant really see myself using a lathe to often?

Do you have projects lined up or a small business?

I really don't have a plan for it other than I always wanted to learn how to use a lathe. I recently bought some vintage vices that I want to restore and will probably use it to clean up and/or make new parts to start with.

Great end to that story.... or more like a great beginning.

Looks like a good solid lathe. I wish it was mine. I've got a 10 x 36 Atlas, with quick change. Much lighter machine, easy to move, but not rigid enough for heavy work. I bought it as a compromise, needed the portability to get it into the basement, and it will do most of what I really need to do. I'd much rather have a good industrial lathe like you have.

Yeah, in hindsight portability definitely has its advantages, esp., since I won't be using this all that much. I may try to restore it and flip it, LOL. It takes up A LOT of space...

Congrats on getting a smoking deal. I sure hope this is your last "I'm looking for a lathe" thread but I suspect they'll be at least.......one more. Lol!

Ha, yeah, never say never...

use a green 3m green scrub pad... steal it from the kitchen... and some oil to remove the rust from the ways

Thanks, I'll give it a shot. The ways are actually pretty clean already but there are a couple spots that could be cleaned up better. Just don't want to do anything to change profile like sanding or stoning.

 

[383 240z]

I love running my manual lathe, I find it very soothing, metal spinning, chips flying, and the sound of gears spinning

 

[nine4gmc]

Daaaaang.

 

[lrhredjb]

Front cleaned a bit

1-1/4" spindle

Haven't started it up yet but have no reason to believe it doesn't run.

Seriously pumped about this. Can't wait to clean it up some more and get it running.

Now just have to figure out how to get it off my trailer

Nice get on a good lathe. BTW your dial calipers are measuring the hole through the spindle which is probably a #5 Morse taper. The spindle size would be the outside measurement of the spindle threads.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

That is a beauty... Not really a beginner lathe, but if you're careful and somehow get ahold of the operations manual, you'll be fine. We had two 15x54s at ISU in the College of Technology, and I loved working on them. I had to teardown one of the change gear boxes the night before the ISU vocational machine trades contest there, and replace a shaft a student (football player) broke that day.. took about 4 hours all totaled. Both of those lathes were part of the contest...

Congrats on your score....

 

[cgrutt]

Nice get on a good lathe. BTW your dial calipers are measuring the hole through the spindle which is probably a #5 Morse taper. The spindle size would be the outside measurement of the spindle threads.

Thanks, I've got a lot to learn!!!

 

[cgrutt]

That is a beauty... Not really a beginner lathe, but if you're careful and somehow get ahold of the operations manual, you'll be fine. We had two 15x54s at ISU in the College of Technology, and I loved working on them. I had to teardown one of the change gear boxes the night before the ISU vocational machine trades contest there, and replace a shaft a student (football player) broke that day.. took about 4 hours all totaled. Both of those lathes were part of the contest...

Congrats on your score....

Thanks, a member on another forum was kind enough to send me the manual, although same model number (Model LR) with hydraulic gears (dial). Pretty sure everything else is the same. Will be giving it a careful read and changing out fluids, etc. before powering it up.

 

[thieltech]

more pictures . lots more

 

[Hephaestus29]

I just found one of those on craigslist
listed for 1500.00
It's a 10 x 36 and appears to be in
well, less rusty shape than yours.
Only being able to turn a 10" dia.
piece doesn't exactly appeal to me for
a lathe that's well bigger than mine.
I have two small lathes a 13/24 and
a Hardinge chucker. If I were going bigger
I think I might want considerably bigger
than that?? Not sure though.

 

[Ghost11]

Awesome find

 

[cgrutt]

appears to be in
well, less rusty shape than yours.

The one I picked up doesn't really have all that much rust aside from some minor surface rust on parts where it doesn't matter. Ways and other machined surfaces are fairly clean, considering its a 50 y/o machine.

 

[cgrutt]

Awesome find

Thanks!

I picked up a 7.5 HP motor the other day to make a RPC. Hopefully will get to power it up soon and find out if it runs, LOL...