Metal lathe..anyone tell me about it?

[workinforwood]

http://lansing.craigslist.org/tls/1277981509.html

The details are pretty much not there. Anyone know anything about this lathe..does it look any good at all?

 

[Gary Max]

That's about a buck a pound ----real industrial machine---bet you a quarter it"s 3 phase.

 

[hunter-27]

http://lansing.craigslist.org/tls/1277981509.html

The details are pretty much not there. Anyone know anything about this lathe..does it look any good at all?

I don't know much but it looks like this one I ran across:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330346270488&afflpt=229590

 

[skiprat]

Clausing/Colchester lathes are pretty good, but I believe that for very little extra money you could get a brand new equivilant Chinese clone with a full warranty.

 

[workinforwood]

Yep, I saw that one for $900. I'd never pay $2500 for it. I'd offer $800 if it is single phase and you experts thought it was worth buying.

 

[KenV]

Jeff -- Clausing is good gear if it is not heavily worn - and if it comes with a truck load of additional gear. Worn ways are the best hint that it has had hard idustrial use.

Three phase is not necessarily a bad thing -- there are buzz boxes that create 3 phase from single but better are variable frequency controllers that make three phase 220 motors variable speed.

 

[randyrls]

Clausing/Colchester lathes are pretty good, but I believe that for very little extra money you could get a brand new equivilant Chinese clone with a full warranty.

True; But if in good shape the Clausing is the better lathe. My uncle worked in the machine shop at Hershey foods. He helped make many of the original machines used in the chocolate factory. He has a Clausing.

 

[NewLondon88]

It's a good heavy lathe.. but that price seems awfully high. I see them regularly
under $1,000, but maybe it comes with 8 chucks, steady and follow rests, 500
cutter bits and two weeks of classroom training..
.. or not.

 

[CaptG]

Jeff, I called and talked to the guy, the machine is 440 3 phase, no extra tooling, what you see is what you get. I would keep looking.

 

[bgray]

For the same price, you can get a 12 x 36 import lathe, or a Smithy lathe (not the combination machine - the lathe)

 

[workinforwood]

ok, thanks guys...thanks Gary.