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anyone want a small lathe for pen turning
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Bill Noble
Dec 24, 2009, 2:49:23 PM12/24/09
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I just cleaned up a 3 inch craftsman metal lathe - it's missing parts needed
for metal working (like the whole gear assembly) but it has a nice cross
slide and the worm gear is good so it would make a decent pen lathe if you
wanted uniform straight barrels - you will need to either find, make or jury
rig a quill for the tailstock, but other than that it's OK to use as is - I
can get around $150 to $200 if I take my time parting it out, but I'd rather
it find a home quickly - so if someone is interested, drop me a note via the
email address on my web page - I figure $75 is fair. Oh, the spindle thread
is 1/2-20, and it's a 0 morse taper, bronze bearings, so it's light duty -
never to be a bowl lathe - could also be useful for making any other round
parts that need to fit, and of course you can do metal working (but not
threading - you need the gears for that).
for metal working (like the whole gear assembly) but it has a nice cross
slide and the worm gear is good so it would make a decent pen lathe if you
wanted uniform straight barrels - you will need to either find, make or jury
rig a quill for the tailstock, but other than that it's OK to use as is - I
can get around $150 to $200 if I take my time parting it out, but I'd rather
it find a home quickly - so if someone is interested, drop me a note via the
email address on my web page - I figure $75 is fair. Oh, the spindle thread
is 1/2-20, and it's a 0 morse taper, bronze bearings, so it's light duty -
never to be a bowl lathe - could also be useful for making any other round
parts that need to fit, and of course you can do metal working (but not
threading - you need the gears for that).
--
Bill -
www.wbnoble.com
Martin H. Eastburn
Dec 24, 2009, 10:22:44 PM12/24/09
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How did you measure the '3 inch'.
Martin
Bill Noble
Dec 25, 2009, 1:37:11 AM12/25/09
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from center of the spindle to the ways
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Bill Noble
Dec 25, 2009, 1:40:49 AM12/25/09
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see here http://www.lathes.co.uk/craftsman/page4.html for info on this
lathe - it shows it as a 1948 model - 109-2063 --- this one is missing the
gear box and all that goes with it.
lathe - it shows it as a 1948 model - 109-2063 --- this one is missing the
gear box and all that goes with it.
I guess I should have called it a 6 inch lathe, right?
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Bill Noble
Dec 25, 2009, 6:16:04 PM12/25/09
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I decided to see if ebay would make me rich on this thing - if you want to
see a photo you can follow the link below
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300380864574
see a photo you can follow the link below
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300380864574
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Martin H. Eastburn
Dec 25, 2009, 8:48:19 PM12/25/09
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1. Call it "Swing over bed" = 6"
2. Radius = 3"
3. Distance between Centers - how long a rod can be placed to be worked upon.
4. Length of bed (biggest gripe with me ) the length of physical ways (not
usable or machinable region) = under the bed to farthest end under
the tailstock.
Martin
2. Radius = 3"
3. Distance between Centers - how long a rod can be placed to be worked upon.
4. Length of bed (biggest gripe with me ) the length of physical ways (not
usable or machinable region) = under the bed to farthest end under
the tailstock.
Martin
Bill Noble
Dec 26, 2009, 2:17:00 PM12/26/09
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right - swing over bed is 6 inches, radius is 3, distance between centers is
12 inches, there is a photo here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300380864574 and there is
a fair amount of description on the lathes.co.uk page link below
12 inches, there is a photo here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300380864574 and there is
a fair amount of description on the lathes.co.uk page link below
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