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  1. skippyelwell

    Mystery lathe, for real

    I finally finished the #2A-D3 Hardinge-Sjogren speed collet chuck, took while to soak the rust out but got it apart. The usual 40yrs of muck, had to make some new felt seals and buy a hand full of new ball bearings. The collets came out ok, some pitting from the rust but hopefully it won't...
  2. skippyelwell

    Mori Seiki SL-3 CNC Machine Lathe Turning Center - $2,500 (Burnaby)

    Not at all, I suffer from the same thing, it's an affliction for sure.
  3. skippyelwell

    Full Hobby Machine Shop. Selling only as package deal. $10,000 - Whitby ON

    That's what it looks like when it never gets used, he had fun putting it all together though.
  4. skippyelwell

    Mystery lathe, for real

    Interesting, I figured out the real fill port, the drain on mine is in the same place as yours but there is this narrow secondary gear housing to the left of the main threading gear box. The fill cap is vented and the oil flows through six 1/4" holes in what Colchester calls a spigot, it...
  5. skippyelwell

    Gift for myself. LF common wisdom

    This would be my gift to myself, now it does exceed your budget by about 100x
  6. skippyelwell

    Mystery lathe, for real

    Well I'm not so sure now about this lathe never seeing a high school, I found some flaky repairs in the threading gear box that scream of high school. When I started dismantling I found the woodruff key was missing on this gear, who knows what happened to it, so all that was left was a little...
  7. skippyelwell

    Mystery lathe, for real

    Thank you gentlemen, I appreciate the explanation. I've not done a lot of threading before and I guess it shows. This lathe came with the single speed motor so there is 8 speeds from 36 rpm to 800 rpm, can I simply replace the 1750 rpm motor with a 3400 rpm motor so lowest speed would be 72...
  8. skippyelwell

    Mystery lathe, for real

    Well it's clear in my mind ;) Sorry about that, the question is, is this a metric machine or imperial? The threading chart looks to be in inches, the index rings measure gradations of 100 and 200 which makes me think it is metric. If it is metric, why aren't the measurements for the for the...
  9. skippyelwell

    Mystery lathe, for real

    I'm pretty sure the lathe is metric threaded but I'm getting numbers that don't make sense to me. I haven't much experience with trapezoidal metric threads but the metric measurement just don't look precise enough. I used my most accurate digital calipers for the measurements, what do you guys...
  10. skippyelwell

    Found Logan lathe

    There are lots of used Logan parts to be had as well...
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