The next door neighbour has offered me one of his lathes but I've not got the space for it so thought it might be of use for someone on here.

I dont know too much about it, but he's given me the spec sheet.

It's a TOS S28 Centre Lathe and runs on 3 phase but he's got a single phase converter with it.
The bed is 250mm, the distance between centres is 750mm, it's got 3x18 grades spindle speeds, 31-1600rpm, 20-1000rpm and 63-3150rpm

It weighs the best part of a tonne, so would need something big enough to take it away. I know he wants rid and is open to all reasonable offers.
I've got 2 pages of spec sheets if someone is interested I'll get typing them up.
It's located in Bristol.

A couple of pics of the model (note - not the actual lathe as it's buried under cloths etc )

Price?

And I'm interested btw!

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Originally posted by lsdweb
Price?

And I'm interested btw!

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A 3 phase to single phase convertor surely has to draw some amount of current??

Your meter will be going round like hell!!

Those converters don't take a lot of power - I run mine off a standard domestic plug with a 13A fuse.

My Colchester Student lathe has a running current of around 5A, according to the converter's meter - mind you, startup takes a LOT more for about 2 or 3 seconds!

Spoken to him tonight, he wants £150 ono.
He did mention the converter and think he said it draws 30a on start up but has a warm start (or something) and it's got a clutch so it doesn't need the power turning off and on again to change direction.

Holy poo - people should be biting his arm off.

That is one hell of a lathe, if only I had the room for something of that size

That lathe looks about the same size as my Colchester Student - and the weight estimate is probably too high - mine is around a half-tonne.

That's still a considerable weight, and it will be very top-heavy, so any prospective buyer should consider professional shipping. In my case, I got a local engineering firm to move my lathe around 15 miles - cost me £100, with me as 'assistant labourer' to the lorry driver. I'm very glad that I did, as it was an awkward bar-steward to move around.

Mind you - that's a very good price for a big lathe - is the converter in the price? If it is, that's a VERY good price (a converter is £400+ new on its own).

I honestly dont know if the inverter is in with it, but if anyone is interested, drop me a U2U and I'll forward his mobile on. He did mention he bought the motor to convert it to a single phase but never got around to fitting it.