TorontoBuilder
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and who cares if you have a graduated stop when you beat the lathe ways to death... kudos for not hiding the horror show tho
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and who cares if you have a graduated stop when you beat the lathe ways to death... kudos for not hiding the horror show tho
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Gearhead88
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To my eyes , that looks like a result of being , what I refer to as a piece of community equipment , everyone uses it but no one cares for it but one or two .......maybe.
Most places I've worked there are community machines that are shared , there are employee's of various skill level , mix that with , some people are a walking train wreck and then there are those that drop it where they are done with it , which leaves me wondering ........ did your mother always pick up after you ? ..... clean up your mess , you are not the only one who works here or will be using that equipment .
Most places I've worked there are community machines that are shared , there are employee's of various skill level , mix that with , some people are a walking train wreck and then there are those that drop it where they are done with it , which leaves me wondering ........ did your mother always pick up after you ? ..... clean up your mess , you are not the only one who works here or will be using that equipment .
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Dan Dubeau
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Student lathe?
Doesn't take long for the effects of careless muppets to start showing up. Takes a lot longer to fix. The good news is that the tailstock ways look worse, and it doesn't matter that far up. The high spots can be stoned out, and the lathe can still make good parts in the hands of a good machinist. But it would burn even me to look at that enough that I wouldn't consider buying it, under any circumstance.
Doesn't take long for the effects of careless muppets to start showing up. Takes a lot longer to fix. The good news is that the tailstock ways look worse, and it doesn't matter that far up. The high spots can be stoned out, and the lathe can still make good parts in the hands of a good machinist. But it would burn even me to look at that enough that I wouldn't consider buying it, under any circumstance.
TorontoBuilder
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I can buy 1000 lathes in better shape for that price... so I too would never consider this in a million years.
I dont recall seeing boxford lathes in schools. SM lathes mostly, or much older colchesters. But that could be the reason. If this was a shop lathe I'd be firing employees for carelessness
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My vote is for a school lathe. My South Bend 10k looks very similar and it came out of a school for sure. While I would have rather had one in like new condition for the same money, I would still be waiting, and who knows, I may have given up and taken up basket weaving or something. 
So, I am glad that I bought the lathe I did, it has made anything I have asked of it and more. It's not going to make me a rocket anytime soon, but I don't think you'll find many South Bend's hanging around Nasa....
Around here a running lathe for $700 wouldn't last long enough to have this conversation, if you want a nice one, you're going to need a much thicker wallet, and probably not wasting much time looking at 50 year old" teaching grade" machines.
So, I am glad that I bought the lathe I did, it has made anything I have asked of it and more. It's not going to make me a rocket anytime soon, but I don't think you'll find many South Bend's hanging around Nasa....
Around here a running lathe for $700 wouldn't last long enough to have this conversation, if you want a nice one, you're going to need a much thicker wallet, and probably not wasting much time looking at 50 year old" teaching grade" machines.