Thread: my new elpha ty-1340CU

Another Lantaine, and looks in excellent nick too. I sure hope that block of wood didn't put too much pressure on the feed shaft and bend it when you lifted. I always thread the sling behind the shafts on mine. Anyway, hope it's as good as it looks. Keep us posted.

Looks good how much did it cost if you don't mind telling?
David

Nice lathe and well done on your stand for it.

Coming along great, couple of things I'm not sure about.
1. If you have fixed it to the wall the shed might shake a little
2. The wood between the stand and the lathe might give you some issues. But then a lot of people have had a lot of lathes on all wood benches, so maybe it wont.

You'll be making swarf soon

Stuart

not attached to the wall only floor
not sitting on the wood but is on steel bed which is made from 250x75x10mm tube milled flat the timber is at same level surrounding the bed
you cant see it in the photo but the block of wood had steel plate attached underneath so wouldnt move up into shaft
and cost me $1300 with a heap of bits, steadys, grinder, mill vise, oils ,grease, borers, couple of Polish Ponar-Bial chucks and lots of steel brass and ali.
And then I put in a days labour moving the contents of the garage it was in, into a truck for the lady I bought it from.

I'd say you got a good deal, even with the day's labour.

sounds like a great deal

Well its all good then.
ure sounds like a bargin. Does it have a date on it anywhere?
Looks either well looked after or not used much, maybe both

Stuart

november 1981 and looked after.
what I really like is the aussie dc motor fitted to it with a controller box that sits on wall giving me an extra 6 forward and reverse speeds.
Anyone know of an easy to setup and install rev counter so I can have an accurate RPM of the chuck speed as I have no idea as to speeds yet?
there is a magnet fitted to chuck but whatever else was there has dissappeared

Something like this would be a short term solution to get an idea of what speeds you are setting

New Digital Laser Photo Tachometer Non Contact RPM Tach | eBay

You could permanently mount it on the wall pointing at the chuck.

There are lots of electronic solutions, usually made from a slotted disk, mounted on the spindle, and a Hall sensor.

G'Day,
Another belt drive 12 x 36,
(we will out number the Hercus & Myford fanciers any day now).
Last year I posted an article on a spindle speed tacho under the heading "tacho update" a search should bring it up. congrats on a tidy looking machine. I'm curious about the motor speed control as I have a D.C motor running off a KBMM variable speed controller.
Regards,
Martin

Fubar do you know the envelope of your machine? Did you get any documentation? I'm curious about the designation 1340. Often these numbers refer to the work envelope in inches, eg 13" dia swing x 40" between centres. I know these machines came in 10 x 24 and 12 x 36 but wasn't aware they went as big as 13 x 40. Since 13 x 40 is a common size for lathes (I think I've heard of them anyway), it seems odd to use 1340 as a model number otherwise.

13" swing and 37 1/2"between centres according to the parts/instruction manual
and no idea for the controller
thanks for the rpm links