9” Unilathe for sale.

[Brent H]

Hi Phil,

The taper attachment might be a separate selling feature, not sure about the rest of the lathe though? I have been doing a pile of research on these lathes in order to fix up mine and I don't recall the riser kit or that bad ass looking gear on the feed box?

Do you have the back cover and any of the original gearing for the lathe? Would be a couple 48 tooth gears and a larger 83 or so tooth gear as the drive gears?

The 10" utilathe and the 9 are very different, so for me, I would not be able to use/cross things together.

The lathe you have looks like it has good condition components but might have been stopped in between a modification project? does that make sense?

regards,

Brent

 

[PhilB]

Hi Phil,

The taper attachment might be a separate selling feature, not sure about the rest of the lathe though? I have been doing a pile of research on these lathes in order to fix up mine and I don't recall the riser kit or that bad ass looking gear on the feed box?

Do you have the back cover and any of the original gearing for the lathe? Would be a couple 48 tooth gears and a larger 83 or so tooth gear as the drive gears?

The 10" utilathe and the 9 are very different, so for me, I would not be able to use/cross things together.

The lathe you have looks like it has good condition components but might have been stopped in between a modification project? does that make sense?

regards,

Brent

Yes I have the cover and the removal of the riser blocks only requires the removal of the transfer gear that you see between the originals

 

[historicalarms]

YYCHobby ....P.M. answered

 

[YYCHM]

So I bought this machine and managed to get it down the 13 steps into my basement. Phew.... 400 lbs of stuff.

Phil concocted a 18" X 48" heavy duty bench for me out the 3' X 6' bench he had. It's a solid piece.
Thanks Phil!

Now what?

How level is level when it comes to landing one of these? The table as it sits is not too bad and I think will get better with weight added.

 

[PhilB]

Note to all...
Lathe is now sold to proud new owner.

Thanks to all for your interest.

Keep turning

 

[historicalarms]

Damn...new lathe...and six pails of bullets on the floor...does life get any better!!!

As far as "level" goes, it is better to have an absolute rigid base to set your lathe bed on, if it is rigid then the bed cant sag or bend out of alignment. "Level "is the term used as a starting point in any lathe set-up but if it is a bit out but very rigidly supported the work-piece will still turn axially correct to the c/l of the bore even tho both lathe & turned piece are tilted one way or the other.

If your bench has even a bit of movement when you set the machine on it I would strengthen the base's sitting spot with a full length piece of channel Iron with a heavy webbing/sides so the cast iron bed can't settle. I've never encountered any cast iron sag in anything but I read about it periodicaly here and there in mostly the old British lathe manuals or "how to" books.