Rivett lathe

Karl Townsend

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Apr 20, 2010, 7:10:40 PM4/20/10

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i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE
clone.

I see the variable speed drive is way different:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html

Does this work well? Other comments on this machine.

It will be a house warming present for "the Kid". He just bought a
foreclosed house with a MONSTER insulated shop. Dad only had to loan him 60K

Karl

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Apr 20, 2010, 8:52:37 PM4/20/10

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"Karl Townsend" <karltown...@embarqmail.com> wrote in message
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I've seen a lot of Rivett lathes at auctions of older plants in the
northeast, they all looked rock solid. Quite a few were secondary operation
lathes, IIRC.

Jim Stewart

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Apr 20, 2010, 8:56:14 PM4/20/10

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Karl Townsend wrote:
> i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE
> clone.
>
> I see the variable speed drive is way different:
> http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html
>
> Does this work well? Other comments on this machine.

What a sweet looking design. Other than maybe being
something of a bitch to change the belts, it looks like
it would be easy to maintain. Or just take out the
vari-speed motor and belts and stick in a plain vanilla
3-phase motor and vfd.

If you give him the lathe, I think he would be obligated
to help you with a certain muddy job you have (:

Gunner Asch

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Apr 20, 2010, 8:56:18 PM4/20/10

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Is this a 1020 or the far more common 1030?

Frankly..if the ways were good and nothing was worn out...Id give a
couple toes to own either one. Marvelous lathes!!

And yes..the drives are very very good.

Gunner

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Karl Townsend

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Apr 20, 2010, 9:52:01 PM4/20/10

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"Jim Stewart" <jste...@jkmicro.com> wrote in message
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> Karl Townsend wrote:
>> i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE
>> clone.
>>
>> I see the variable speed drive is way different:
>> http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html
>>
>> Does this work well? Other comments on this machine.
>
> What a sweet looking design. Other than maybe being
> something of a bitch to change the belts, it looks like
> it would be easy to maintain. Or just take out the
> vari-speed motor and belts and stick in a plain vanilla
> 3-phase motor and vfd.
>
> If you give him the lathe, I think he would be obligated
> to help you with a certain muddy job you have (:

Oh, he already helped. This riser had two gasket to steel adapters, a six
inch steel collar with a four inch cutout for a "T", then three twenty two
degree four inch pieces to make a sweep ninety. And finally a reducing
flange to three inch pipe thread. He TIG welded it all and certifies no
leaks at 150 PSI.

In short, he's the skilled labor. I get to play in the mud.

Karl

Karl Townsend

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Apr 20, 2010, 10:14:55 PM4/20/10

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> Is this a 1020 or the far more common 1030?
>
> Frankly..if the ways were good and nothing was worn out...Id give a
> couple toes to own either one. Marvelous lathes!!
>
> And yes..the drives are very very good.
>
> Gunner

haven't seen it, or even pics yet. The guy didn't know what I meant by a
lathe chuck or any other basic questions. We googled together by phone and
he said it looked like the one I linked.

Karl