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Lathes.. Lathes and more lathes

Crankit

Crankit

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Facebook is on fire around my area with metal lathes... A old Monarch... A Southbend 9"/13"... A Colchester Triumph.... a little 7"X12" model lathe and Atlas 6". Usually I see a lathe every few months but three in a day is unheard of.... Anyone wanting to come to the Okanagan for a lathe and sun should come out

Cheers

Wayne
 
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Crankit said:
Atlas 6"
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Ya gotta love people selling stuff that they really don't know anything about! That is not an Atlas nor is it a 6 inch! It is a Clausing 12 inch:

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http://www.lathes.co.uk/clausing/page6.html

(To be fair, the ad title does say "Clausing/Atlas".)

If it is in reasonable shape and has a full set of change gears with it, then the $750 asking price is not bad.

I thought you guys said all the deals are back East?!?

Craig
 
So I believe Clausing bought Atlas way back and sold their machines and people often used the names interchangeably. The fine folks across the pond refer the size of a lathe by the radius of the material it can swing not the diameter like we do, so a 12" lathe would be considered a 6" lathe. Lots of room for confusion.
 
trlvn said:
Ya gotta love people selling stuff that they really don't know anything about! That is not an Atlas nor is it a 6 inch! It is a Clausing 12 inch:

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http://www.lathes.co.uk/clausing/page6.html

(To be fair, the ad title does say "Clausing/Atlas".)

If it is in reasonable shape and has a full set of change gears with it, then the $750 asking price is not bad.

I thought you guys said all the deals are back East?!?

Craig
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Lol.....That's my fault getting British/USA lathe sizing mixed up in my head. My 4 1/2 Boxford is bigger than my 6" Atlas.
 
Except the last lathe on the list all others seem to be priced normally or even high (seriously someone wants $900 for used mini lathe? I can get them in 7x14 for less new).

I am a bit suspect of the $750 lathe not used for 30 years - I guess they did clean it up for the pictures. If it can be checked and all is in order its a good deal.
 
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