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Springfield Ideal for $500

And I’d likely have to arm wrestle [mention]Tom Kitta [/mention] for it! I’d have a whole building of these if I could

It’s like the arcade hall of fame in Las Vegas. Collecting old machines because......they exist

Buy it, I’ll give 100 for the 4 jaw


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David_R8 said:
I dunno, I’d be passing on that as my first lathe (pardon me if it’s not).
As @Brent H said, a lotta work for who knows what kind of result.
If you’re into restoring machines then maybe it’s right up your alley.


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Unfortunately my signature states one of my character flaws or strengths depending on your perspective; I see a machine like this and I see the potential in it and the potential to learn from the process of repairing it. I need to put that aside and really examine the practical expectations of what this type of endeavour entails. Not my first lathe, first lathe I owned was my SB 9C. I have been using a busy bee 12x48 (worn out) and a VDF 16in x 96ish since I was an apprentice.
 
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