Re: Advice/Experience with lathe/mill combo units.
Posted by shinyribs on Jan 13, 2013; 12:33am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Advice-Experience-with-lathe-mill-combo-units-tp4035096p4035225.html
As usual,I ended up going with second ( 3rd...4th...?) hand goods
The deal came out of nowhere and was just too good to pass up at $875! I was gonna try and haggle the price some,but the old guys worked their hind ends off to help me load this beast( wish they'd came home with me!) so there was no way I could have done that with a clear conscience.
It's an old Sheldon 10' with a 44'' bed.Right at 30'' between centers. Reversing motor,quick change gears. It doesn't cut metric threads,only standard,which is somewhat of a bummer. But it came with more tooling than I know what to do with and the stand. Some of the tooling is homemade ,which I really dig,but the majority of it I don't even know what it is.A few of them just look evil! But it did have the tooling I was looking for.The stand has a coolant reservoir and plumbing,but no pump. It would be super easy to hang one on there.
I have a ton of cleaning and greasing to do before it really gets run. But everything is tight and works just like it should. I have a strong urge to strip this machine and repaint it,but I'm gonna do my best to refrain for now.Maybe next winter.
I'm so happy right now that you guys can't even understand it! Woo Hoo!
Coffe tin full-o-bits!
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Advice-Experience-with-lathe-mill-combo-units-tp4035096p4035225.html
As usual,I ended up going with second ( 3rd...4th...?) hand goods
The deal came out of nowhere and was just too good to pass up at $875! I was gonna try and haggle the price some,but the old guys worked their hind ends off to help me load this beast( wish they'd came home with me!) so there was no way I could have done that with a clear conscience.
It's an old Sheldon 10' with a 44'' bed.Right at 30'' between centers. Reversing motor,quick change gears. It doesn't cut metric threads,only standard,which is somewhat of a bummer. But it came with more tooling than I know what to do with and the stand. Some of the tooling is homemade ,which I really dig,but the majority of it I don't even know what it is
.A few of them just look evil! But it did have the tooling I was looking for.The stand has a coolant reservoir and plumbing,but no pump. It would be super easy to hang one on there.
I have a ton of cleaning and greasing to do before it really gets run. But everything is tight and works just like it should. I have a strong urge to strip this machine and repaint it,but I'm gonna do my best to refrain for now.Maybe next winter.
I'm so happy right now that you guys can't even understand it! Woo Hoo!
Coffe tin full-o-bits!
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