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Lathe Vancouver area

Advance TY-1336BH ultra precision lathe - $8,500 (Coquitlam)​


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I believe "Advance" is just another trade name House of Tools used for their Taiwanese imports. Different casting used for top gear box/headstock than mine but same casting on every other part of the lathe...the "better lathe" marketed when I bought mine had a foot brake & a fluid pump system built into it, this lathe has neither.

He aint wrong on the "precision lathe" claim if used for plastic or aluminum but any real precision work with this lathe on steel requires very fine-slow feed cuts and learn to counter feed screw backlash at every movement ....also notice how high the tool holder is above the ways, distance causes flex here on lighter machines (same with the tailstock).

All the above being said, this would be an excellent hobby shop lathe...at 1/3 the price!!
 
This lathe has already been up for at least a few weeks - I didn't bother posting it because it's so very over-priced! We just upgraded from an Advance 1125, which appears to be the exact same castings/design as this lathe in every way, just a bit shorter and stumpier. I do believe this is a restoration (of a machine with little use in the first place), as our machine also had the original paint still and it was definitely not neon green like this lathe's paint. You can also see in some places where they've painted over the oringinal chipped paint. As @historicalarms says, I expect our 1125 was more rigid than this 1336 due to simply being more stumpy, and I wouldn't have ever called it a precision machine. That's just marketing talk; they're trying to justify the insane price to a naive buyer. The Advance 1125 was a nice lathe, but very much a typical Taiwanese mid-80's design - nothing special beyond that.
 
If that's a repaint I'm very impressed from the pics. They must have completely disassembled it to repaint it.
 
Very nice. More than 3x what I paid 10 years ago for my South Bend and mine is from 1942.

What I told a friend once was to think about your vehicle. Assume you want to buy a new vehicle and the one you are interested in is $50K.
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At 966.64 per month a years worth of payments are $11,599.68. So defer the purchase of a new vehicle for a year, put $3,099.68 into the old one to keep it running and pay the guy $8,500. It's a good deal at $8,500.
 
The model number implies that it's a 13 x 36 ", but I'm not seeing that actually spelled out in the ad. Or the spindle bore. I can't imagine a lathe being used for 6 months, much less 6 years and the paint still looking that new. Gotta be a repaint, which makes me wonder about other things. Also, what's that bluish shadow around the cabinet doors? And the guy says "only reply of you are purchasing the lathe"? like, sight unseen? Good luck with that - not me thanks!
 
What is up with the measuring tape along the bed? Is that a factory thing? I have never seen that before. I like how he means original belts like its a good thing, by now those have got to be getting rotten don't they?
 
Image 13 of 24 shows it's been painted. The main body of the lathe is a different green. If the lathe had been in use for 6 years then it wouldn't look that nice.
The bluish shadow is the lighting I think. Just like one of the other photos makes the ways look very blue.
 
jcdammeyer said:
Image 13 of 24 shows it's been painted. The main body of the lathe is a different green. If the lathe had been in use for 6 years then it wouldn't look that nice.
The bluish shadow is the lighting I think. Just like one of the other photos makes the ways look very blue.
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Ya if you look close you can see the new paint edge in that picture at the end of the bed.
 
I know someone with one of these, same name plate and everything, it works, but it's a light duty not super rigid machine....I would take one for sure, but more for like 2000$

If it was sold today It would not go for 8500$ brand new off the showroom floor, this guy is out to lunch, for 8999 a guy could buy a brand new, much heavier 14-40 gear drive king from lenmark in BC
 
This lathe sold new for about 2400$. The new paint is - troubling. Nice and clean.

A good buy at 2800$ a moderate buy at 3100$ and a poor deal at 4000$. You can buy a vastly superior 14X40 from Modern for about 14K$ (last year). This lathe is nothing special apart from it being Taiwanese made. There are many lathes of this era available on a regular basis. Many of them are of this quality and Taiwanese.

update: This is a belt drive lathe, identical to my Taiwanese 12X37 - in almost every respect. This one is newer than mine by 5 years, and thus has great seals on the bearings. I stand by the above pricing as stated. And I repeat, nothing special. Looks like it has been gone over by a professional reseller. That also worries me.
 
I agree it's expensive. But it also has a taper attachment. Which of the brand new lathes in the 12" to 14" range have that?
 
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