Thread: Chin Hung Lathe?

LA's are cheaper copies (well they are cheaper).... The key difference is the taper at the top of the cast iron base on the operator side...

On the Chin Hung it is a long taper, on the LA is just rounded off... A chap in Canada looked at both the Kingston (Chin Hung) and the LA's and in his opinion the Chin Hungs were better built..

Of course I am going to say the Chin Hungs are better because I own one. (never ask a lathe owner how good his machine is )

Mine is down for forward, up for reverse same as the AL1000C I had...

I still really really really like mine even after a couple of years of owning it...

The one in the ebay link is the 530mm swing model... They look ###### as all they have done is increase the centre height by stretching the height.... It looks like it would not be very rigid..

Thanks .RC.

Yea I noticed the jacking up without the rest of it any beefier.

So seeing as your Chin came with starting forward with lever down I'll now leave mine the same, I'm getting used to it anyway. It was just that a couple of lathes (with the same set up ) that I have used had it the other way around.

The clutch lever on the Macson is down to go anyway, so sort of the same as the Chin.

Cheers.

I just saw that on Gumtree last night, not a bad looking lathe but I don't know if he will get that sort of money for it.

Dave

Originally Posted by Dave J

I just saw that on Gumtree last night, not a bad looking lathe but I don't know if he will get that sort of money for it.

Dave

Hi Dave J
Please don't take this as me trying to be ornery with you or anything.

Yes he may find it hard to find a buyer but if I were looking for a new(Oh Yea, Yea!) or fairly new lathe(oh yea!) of that size I would seriously be looking at it. One might get him down a bit if one was to flutter a fist full of crisp new $100 bills in front of him .
He says he has had it for three years so he may not have been the first owner though it looks like he may be going by the looks of it and he says it's in near new condition. Even if it is a bit lesser built than a Chin Hung as per .RC.'s post it would still, never the less, be quite a solid lathe capable of some pretty serious work.

Be interesting to know what a new one is worth at the moment, hummm.. 600 machinery has them on their web site..

It also has quite a bit of tooling etc that appears to be little used.

Cheers.

If I'm not right, then I'm wrong, I'll just go bend some more bananas.

I agree with you, but to get someone to pay that sort of money for that size lathe with no warranty might be hard. I am with you and if I had the money I would make him an offer.

Dave

I recon if I had the cash it would already be on a truck headed down here..
Hmmmmmm

Just looking at this one the front of the base looks to be sheet metal.... Mine is all cast iron The base is one piece.. Chinhung gap bed lathe Auction (0013-3001354) | GraysOnline Australia

Also the colour is different to mine.... Badge engineering maybe?

Originally Posted by .RC.

Just looking at this one the front of the base looks to be sheet metal.... Mine is all cast iron The base is one piece.. Chinhung gap bed lathe Auction (0013-3001354) | GraysOnline Australia

Also the colour is different to mine.... Badge engineering maybe?

The base on mine's one piece.
All the Chins on CNC Machinery Australia are one piece too
Lathes Manual

http://www.cncmachinery.com.au/cncma...ef1ddc75fd.jpg

I wonder which one they have the price for on this page.New Ajax Lathe for sale - Ajax Chin Hung 400 430 530mm Swing Centre Lathe, 8818
Must only be for their smallest one, 400 x 800, certainly wouldn't be the one in the first pic, ooooohrrr, nice.

Cheers.

just keep in mind this one too

Chinhung gap bed lathe Auction (0013-3001354) | GraysOnline Australia

doh I see its been posted aw well

Well, this thread has been a real disappointment to me

I thought it was going to be some weird hand-powered small (tiny??) lathe which was suspended from the operator's lower jaw in use... maybe a clever adaptation for someone with missing limbs, perhaps...

Cheers,
Andrew

Originally Posted by arose62

Well, this thread has been a real disappointment to me

I thought it was going to be some weird hand-powered small (tiny??) lathe which was suspended from the operator's lower jaw in use... maybe a clever adaptation for someone with missing limbs, perhaps...

Cheers,
Andrew

LOL, that reminds me of Homer Simpsons weight loss idea.....cables running from your jaw to the part of you body you want to exercise, the more you eat, the more you workout!