looking for a lathe

[Nesh559]

i have an old southbend model 9a but im looking for a bit of an upgrade. let me know if y'all see anything. looking for something around 18-36" in length with the ability to cut metric and imperial threads preferably.
thanks!

 

[Hruul]

What area of the country are you located in?

 

[YYCHM]

What area of the country are you located in?

He's in Kelowna BC.

 

[Nesh559]

What area of the country are you located in?

depending on the machine and price im willing to ship something across Canada

 

[Nesh559]

found one!

 

[YYCHM]

found one!

That's it.... no details???

 

[Nesh559]

Its a Sharp Lam350B that seems to be in really good condition and is only about 3 hours away from me. I put a deposit down and am going to check it out and pick it up this weekend

 

[YYCHM]

Looks good. How much?

 

[Nesh559]

he was asking $2600 and i got it for $2300

 

[Tom O]

Way to go that should be nice!

 

[YotaBota]

Looks well looked after, came with a bunch of tooling and the book, doesn't get much better. Is it the 1224?
If you haven't seen this site already it will give you a bit of history on your new child.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/taiwan/

 

[Nesh559]

Looks well looked after, came with a bunch of tooling and the book, doesn't get much better. Is it the 1224?
If you haven't seen this site already it will give you a bit of history on your new child.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/taiwan/

thanks for the link that was really cool to read