wag value of a lathe

**bedwards** · 10-09-2009, 09:38 PM

Ok, just an update. I got the machine and tools for $600. Sppsd to move it with a boom truck and straps next week. Its really going just 50 yards or less, across the street and into my shop. Thanks for all the advice.

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**Char-Gar** · 10-09-2009, 10:25 PM

Keep us posted on how it turns out. I love old lathes.

**bedwards** · 10-24-2009, 10:58 PM

Finally got it home today!

What a job. Also got "The Care and Operation of a Lathe" to read. I'll try to get some before and aft pics up. Now all I need to do is learn how to use it.

be

**PatMarlin** · 10-24-2009, 11:10 PM

Congrats ...

Pics please....!

**MtGun44** · 10-25-2009, 01:08 AM

I have the same model lathe at a friend's house right now. Need to move it to my
new shop. Kinda dreading the process.

Bill

**bedwards** · 10-25-2009, 09:49 AM

Is there a sticky on how to post pics as my pics are too large to upload?

BE

**HeavyMetal** · 10-25-2009, 12:25 PM

Well done!

Glad to hear you got it home in one piece to.

Found my Southbend mounted on a piece of 1/4 inch aluminum and bolted to a solid door.

With Blankets the BIL and I managed to get it in the back of his pick up. At home I had a heavy duty rolling work table and it slid right on to that from the truck.

In the garage set it up with blocks under the table nice and steady with thw wheels off the ground and leveled. If I need to move it I just jack it up and roll!

Glad it's not a bigger lathe I'd have some trouble moving.

**bedwards** · 10-25-2009, 10:14 PM

Here's my first try at pics. They show it as found, and then cleaned up and home. Ha, it worked!!!

be

**HeavyMetal** · 10-25-2009, 10:57 PM

For a second there I didn't think ya got a tail stock for it then checked the right hand photo enlarged and there it was in the upper center of the picture along with a whole bunch of other neat stuff.

Nice deal for 600!

Take care of it and it will last at least two life times!

**swshooter** · 10-30-2009, 05:50 AM

I had been lurking on here for a long time but this post caught my interest. I am currently in research mode on learning lathe and milling machine operations. I think I can scare up some reference links. Looks like you got a great deal.
SB Lathe How To Run A Lathe is available for download here :
http://www.wswells.com/index.html
Lots of good reference and basic explanations:
http://www.jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html
Machine shop courses from the US Army:
http://opensourcemachine.org/us-army-courses
U.S. Army "Fundamentals of Machine Tools" :
http://metalwebnews.com/machine-tools/fmt.html

I will post more ( I know I have them somewhere) as soon as I can find them.
God Bless,
Dan

**bedwards** · 10-30-2009, 08:33 AM

I've been reading about them for a while trying to learn and that SBL wswells sight is as good as it gets.

Thanks for the post
be

**swshooter** · 11-01-2009, 02:28 AM

http://techtv.mit.edu/genres/24-how-...machine-shop-1
The MIT machine shop videos online. Not bad from what I have watched so far.

**bedwards** · 11-02-2009, 11:09 PM

one final pic before I get it dirty again, thanks again for your help

**Ernest** · 11-03-2009, 01:04 AM

What a treasure! you will have lots an lots of fun with that

**Buckshot** · 11-04-2009, 04:02 AM

..............bedwards, you should go to Pep Boys or Napa and get one of those 'drip pans' they sell to place under cars, like in a garage for drippers

They're light and have a small rolled up lip on'em. Place it under your lathe. I assume your lathe is bolted down? You'll need to punch holes in the pan for the bolts. After that put some silicone caulk around the feet of the bed to seal it. I'll be 100 times easier cleaning up swarf and catching oil then a wooden bench.

...............Buckshot

**bedwards** · 11-06-2009, 10:06 AM

That's a cool idea. All it came with are 2 hospital bedpans to catch junk in. The lathe is bolted to the bench, but not to the concrete. Do I need to bolt it down? It wasn't in the shed it came from. The widow's husband I bought it from used to own a marina and he used it to make shafts and other parts for Correct Craft boats. Thanks for any ideas as I'm really in the learning phase. The paint has taken days to set, but I think I can make some chips with it this weekend. My first project is to make a brass hammer as I have some brass and don't have a brass hammer!

Gee Buckshot, your on here at 2AM?
Bryan

**Char-Gar** · 11-06-2009, 04:06 PM

Shoot... I bought a large cookie pan with upturned edges at the supermarket to catch the chips and oil. I take it to the garbage can and use a paper towel to clean it into the can. Works like a champ.

I have my Logan bolted to a benchtop (32 X 72) that is made from laminated 2 x 4 stranding on edge. The frame is made from 2 x 6s. I store my lead on the bottom shelf. That puppy doesn't move when I turn on the lathe and no vibration. It is not bolted to the floor.

**ANeat** · 11-06-2009, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by bedwards

Gee Buckshot, your on here at 2AM?
Bryan

He's in CA, they like to stay up late

**bedwards** · 11-07-2009, 10:39 PM

first ever screw threads

**Buckshot** · 11-08-2009, 05:26 AM

.................Well you'd have to get the camara a bit closer to the work for me to see the threads. I do see you have a taper attachement, keeno!

..............Buckshot

BP	Bronze Point	IMR	Improved Military Rifle	PTD	Pointed
BR	Bench Rest	M	Magnum	RN	Round Nose
BT	Boat Tail	PL	Power-Lokt	SP	Soft Point
C	Compressed Charge	PR	Primer	SPCL	Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP	Hollow Point	PSPCL	Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"	C.O.L.	Cartridge Overall Length
PSP	Pointed Soft Point	Spz	Spitzer Point	SBT	Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN	Lead Round Nose	LWC	Lead Wad Cutter	LSWC	Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC	Gas Check

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