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17th January 2010, 05:44 PM #1
Dabar lathe
Gidday all.
What is known about Dabar lathes. I know they were made in Hobart. I understand they were only made for a relatively short time, patent issues apparently. I am more interested in thread size of the spindle, does it have indexing. Most importantly, is this a good lathe. Seems to be quite heavy duty, all clean heavy castings. One has been on E-Bay and I might have a chance to negotiate with the seller post auction end. Sorry, don't know how to post a link.
I am going to arrange a viewing in the next couple days. I know to check that the centers line up and how to check bearings. Is there anything else in particular I should be looking for? I like the fact that this one has an extension bed to allow 2.3 meters between centers.
Any comments for or against would be appreciated.
Over to the learned ones!!!
Cheers
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17th January 2010, 05:49 PM #2
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17th January 2010, 05:58 PM #3
yep.
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17th January 2010, 06:03 PM #4
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17th January 2010, 06:22 PM #5
yep thanks for that. I did a search earlier and found those posts and a couple of others. I certainly won't be offering him the sort of money he is asking. I have a Nova TL 1500 at the moment but am looking to upgrade at some stage soon. The larger available diameter would be useful, as would the length from time to time.
A VL300 second hand would be nice, but................
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