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Still looking for a lathe ! What do you think ?
- Thread starter Titusak
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There's a million of those out there, 9x19 and 9x20 in various flavours. Check out this site for hints/tricks/hacks.
They're decent starter lathes, stick within their capabilities and they are capable of good work. Price is not unreasonable.
They're decent starter lathes, stick within their capabilities and they are capable of good work. Price is not unreasonable.
That doesn't seem to be a bad price and if it is not up to your needs you can sell it for the same amount to the next guy.
Proxule
Ultra Member
Steve Bedair instantly came to my mind.
Not bad for 900$
Thanks for the infos guys, unfortunatly, the person never replied, and sold it :/
Now, Im seeing this in my feed:
The person seems to know nothing about it. From what I recon, it looks like a myford ml4 maybe ? But I cant see in what shape it is, I dont even know if its working. She couldnt say.
What do you think ? Would it be worse taking it for 400$ ?
Thanks !
I WILL FIND A LATHE GOD DAMNIT !
Now, Im seeing this in my feed:
The person seems to know nothing about it. From what I recon, it looks like a myford ml4 maybe ? But I cant see in what shape it is, I dont even know if its working. She couldnt say.
What do you think ? Would it be worse taking it for 400$ ?
Thanks !
I WILL FIND A LATHE GOD DAMNIT !
Looks like a 10" and there were a few models of 10"
Atlas lathes
Atlas 10-inch lathes from the first to last. Includes details of the British copies by Acorntools, Sphere and halifax
lathes.co.uk
SightlessSeer
Well-Known Member
That's an Atlas 10F. That one has the plain bearings (as opposed to the Timken roller bearings in the spindle). That's not an issue as long as they're in decent shape, but make sure to never run it without oiling them as they are not forgiving to dry running. I'm not sure which bed that is. They came with up to a 54" long bed (36" between centers), but that's one of the shorter ones. The shortest bed is 36" and can support up to 18" between centers.
You can easily tell which bed it is from the tag on the tailstock end of the bed. You'll see something like H48, where H means it's the horizontal countershaft machine and 48 means it's a 48" bed, which would give 30" between centers.
Notice that nearly every handwheel is broken. That shouldn't be too hard to improvise a fix for, and for $400 that wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. If it comes with the change gears I'd say go for it. I've been very happy with mine, which is a 54" bed Timken bearing model that I got for $600 with a decent amount of tooling.
The other gotchas that I've read about for these machines are broken teeth on the bull/back gears and the feed reversing gearbox (the box on the left side of the leadscrew) and some pieces in the apron cracking if misused. Clausing Industrial still sells some replacement parts for these machines, so if you really need something you might be able to get it through them.
You can easily tell which bed it is from the tag on the tailstock end of the bed. You'll see something like H48, where H means it's the horizontal countershaft machine and 48 means it's a 48" bed, which would give 30" between centers.
Notice that nearly every handwheel is broken. That shouldn't be too hard to improvise a fix for, and for $400 that wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. If it comes with the change gears I'd say go for it. I've been very happy with mine, which is a 54" bed Timken bearing model that I got for $600 with a decent amount of tooling.
The other gotchas that I've read about for these machines are broken teeth on the bull/back gears and the feed reversing gearbox (the box on the left side of the leadscrew) and some pieces in the apron cracking if misused. Clausing Industrial still sells some replacement parts for these machines, so if you really need something you might be able to get it through them.
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Thank you very much ! Apparently I'm the second on the list, so if there is a chance, I will go and take a look tomorrow. there is no fix price, the announce just say "to the best offer". as a novice, I'm still not sure what I should offer. I guess it depend if its run or not, and check all the things you referred to me. I don't think there is any tooling with it. I guess max offer should be 500 ? What do you guys think ?
Thanks you again !
"there is no fix price, the announce just say "to the best offer""
Elektrishun
Ultra Member
If the seller truly doesn't know anything about it...
And
If you get a chance to go look...
And
It's in the location the original user used it...
Keep a sharp eye out for tooling and anything lathe related.
Drawers, bins, boxes, etc. The seller may not realize there's a bunch of related parts and tools scattered about.
If my wife sold my lathe almost everything related would be within arms reach. In other people's shops arms reach would only apply if you were Mr. Fantastic.
I though about this haha ! I'm gonna keep an eye open !
It seems the person is not sure what to do with it.
mickeyf
Ultra Member
If it is a change gear lathe (looks like it from here) make sure it comes with a full set of gears. If not, you will be very limited in cutting threads. As for the 9x20 that you didn't get - I have never had one myself, but Quinn, who recently joined the forum here has some very good Youtube videos ("Blondihacks") on those lathes that will help you understand the limitations and shortcomings and what to look for and at.