Thread: Merry Christmas to Me.

After number of years of failing to get what I wanted for Christmas, I have come to the conclusion that the fat fella in a red suit is totally unreliable. So I brought me a Christmas present.
Very late at night on 23 December I saw the metal lathe that I wanted on special $300 off. Next day I completely forgot about it until smoko time. I gave them a ring not expecting anyone to be there on 24 December. To my surprise someone answered so I bought it.
On Tuesday one of the freight depots contact me and said that they had a box for me, I arrange them to come around with their forklift to unload it, 135 kg it a bit heavy for me to lift. I couldn't wait to get home and lifted the lid.

I started to pull all the loose parts off it,



and then the wife Said "We are going out to tea."
Wednesday I arrange for a mate to give me a lift, bought a trolley with a lift home from work . We moved it into my shed temporarily put it on our washing machine stand that I am building. Then we had to be of obligationary beer's.(Cooper's Beer)
Thursday and Friday nights I spent cleaning all the oil, grease and gunk oft the lathe and accessories.
Saturday I put it all back together, and then realised that I had no cutting tools. :taped:





So I started to weld up a frame for the bench that it will be mounted on.

Now I have to impatiently wait for some tools to turn up.

SM-0920V. Steelmaster Bench Lathe,

❚full carriage and apron assemblies
❚fine finish bed-ways providing superior accurate cuts and finishes
❚variable speed drive (SM-0920V only)
❚large selection of thread cutting
❚precision 'v'-beds are hardened and ground, encompassed on strong cast iron rib webbing, with dove-tailed cross and compounded sides
❚adjustable ball bearings support spindle
❚metric and imperial calibration
❚Norton style 'quick change' gearbox
❚metric and imperial thread cutting
❚240 volt operation
❚CE compliant

Standard accessories include: 3 jaw chuck, 4 jaw chuck, face plate, fixed and travelling steadies and splash guard





Specifications
TECHNICAL DATA
sku (#) 12-0103
distance between centres (mm) 500
centre height (mm) 115
swing over bed (mm) 230
swing in gap (mm) N/A
swing over cross-slide (mm) 135
bed width (mm) 115
bed height (mm) 165
spindle bore (mm) 20
camlock system (mm) N/A
spindle speeds (mm) 130 ~ 2000 / variable
cross-slide travel (mm) 125
compound slide travel (mm) 48
3 jaw chuck size Ø (mm) 100
4 jaw chuck size Ø (mm) 185
metric threads (mm) 0.5 ~ 3 /11
imperial threads (imp) 8 ~ 56 / 27
cross feed (mm/r) N/A
tailstock quill taper (mt) 2
headstock morse taper (mt) 3
tools to suit (mm) 12
motor power (kw/V) 0.75 / 240
dimensions (l x w x h) (mm) 990 x 450 x 500
weight (nt) (kg) 135
Model Number SM-0920V