Theshed
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 09:05 AM |
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I love my lathe. Mine is a Harrison M250 converted to CNC for a training college used to cut wax and then left for 20 years in a corner....£700 from
e-bay and like new. After a little accident with some coolant in the electronics upgraded to modern PC control and Mach3. Fantastic.
A wishbone outer bearing housing - the press fit is +/- 0.0005"!
 
lower front outer end
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 09:30 AM |
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Denis - does it have screwcutting?
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kipper
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 11:10 AM |
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yes it has screwcutting
It also has lots of tooling for in lathe milling.
[Edited on 24/1/12 by kipper]
Where did that go?
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violentblue
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 04:54 PM |
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itb
made tapered runners for my ITB setup.
a few pics of my other projects
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 05:06 PM |
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I want a lathe  They all come at too high a cost Boooo
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loggyboy
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 05:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
I want a lathe They all come at too high a cost Boooo
I was thinking the same thing!
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T66
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 05:34 PM |
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Ive been looking since start of the month - the Unimat style lathes seem to attract £300+
With most of the older British ones being down south, and too far to travel for me up here.
Seen some really canny looking ones go for £150, but they were always 300 miles away - keep watching
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Theshed
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 05:51 PM |
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I have also got a 1910 German made Boley lathe 4L running off a flat belt bought fully tooled with all collets and change wheels and a stack of HSS
tools for.......£50! It is a wonderful tool and despite being worn, bashed , gouged and mistreated can still produce work to +/- 0.001" . These
are not rich boys toys. I have seen several on ebay for less than £100.
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Badger_McLetcher
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 07:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
I want a lathe They all come at too high a cost Boooo
http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/djgbk/series/index.html 
If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 24/1/12 at 08:48 PM |
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Lol at making one from scrap
quote:
These are not rich boys toys. I have seen several on ebay for less than £100.
I've never seen anything of decent quality on fleabay that /ended/ for <£350, I've seen a lot of anchient, rusty guff going for 200.
I've spent ages scouring college clearouts, local industrial auctions etc. My father got his lathe with a milling attachment for 350 IIRC but he
did practically make hunting for it a full time job for about 8 weeks.
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