new lathe is home!

[Dennis Nagle]

Here are pix of the new lathe. This was a real bear to get out of the U-Haul. We destroyed a come-a-long and a floor jack in the process. It was well worth it though.


This morning I took some steel wool and WD40 to the bed ways and now that 200lbs tail stock glides back and forth like it was nothing.

It came with a drive center, 4 face plates, 4 tool rests(some straight and some curved), and a carbide tip tool holder.


The real surprise is that it has the Lima 4 speed transmission, so that and the pulleys make this a 16 speed lathe.


All the tapers are #4 and look simply huge compared to my #1 tapers on the Rigid tube lathe. The spindle is 1 7/8 with 4 TPI.


The swing is 30" inboard and 84" outboard, the CTC is 73"


It was built in 1955 and weighs 4000lbs.


Here is a link to the data manual that line of lathes. Mine is the "D" model.


http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/609/2602.pdf

[Jim Burr]

You could turn a mast for a schooner on this!! Congratz!!

[Michael Stafford]

My back hurts thinking about it but there is no excuse for you not turning telephone poles now if you want. And you can turn as large a bowl as I ever would want to turn. That is real iron. Only problem I see is that you may have difficulty finding a pen mandrel to fit it.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very impressive!! Sure hope you don't have to move it often to use your garage!! Have fun with it!

[Jeff Gilfor]

Holy crap! Use it in good health!!!

[Alan Trout]

Dennis,

If I had the room I would not mind in the least having a lathe like that. It sure will be fun for turning the big stuff.

Alan

[Mark Detrick]

Wow, now that's a lathe. You could turn some awesome pens with that!!!

[Al Wasser]

I don't see any chips od the floor. What are you waiting on??

[Matt Mackinnon]

Holly geeze.. just be glad that you don;t have the shop in the basement. I am to take it, this lathe is to cut out the middle man. Just chop down the whole tree and turn, without the need to cut it into smaller sections like the rest of us. Very impressive piece of big iron.

[Chip Sutherland]

D - for dang that thing must weigh tons or D for double hernia. Wow.

[charlie knighton]

enjoy......

[J.D.Redwine]

" The spindle is 1 7/8 with 4 TPI. "

Are there chucks available?

[Dennis Nagle]

Thanks all. I am still tired from all the work yesterday. I just got back from buying a rotary phase converter for it. I'm off to do some wiring.

[Ryan Mooney]

I can only say You Suck in the most heartfelt and sincere way.

[Dennis Nagle]

I don't see any chips od the floor. What are you waiting on??

I was waiting on a rotary phase converter. Well, I just hooked up a 3HP rotary phase converter and in the low speeds it will start the lathe but not in the high speeds. I just talked to the guy who builds these and he'll have a 5HP ready for me Wednesday. It sure runs smooth and quite.