Thread: Old Lathe

Look at that swing must have been where the Stubby was born.

Ted thanks for sharing this is the sort of thing makes one wish I had 10 acres a shed big enough to have a museum of machines.

I hope its goes somewhere good not China as scrap metal.

You mongrel Ted for posting this up.

I know I am going to regret this. How much? PM sent.

Yep I'd say give it a new home

aah yes ,i can see this in ,s shed all painted up and shiny
can we get a WIP on the progress
cheers smiife

Go for it , it's beautiful.

Just what needs another lathe it couldnt go to a better home to be preserved

Ian

Originally Posted by

You mongrel Ted for posting this up.

I know I am going to regret this. How much? PM sent.

Regardless its worth more than Stubby ever will be.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Regardless its worth more than Stubby ever will be.

Think you may just want to do the maths
stubby s1000 $8000 + shipping say $200 to sydney
then ship it from Sydney to vermec $200
for the electronics up grade $2000
then back to sydney $200

total cost $10600

But it's still a nice old lathe

Originally Posted by nz_carver

Think you may just want to do the maths
stubby s1000 $8000 + shipping say $200 to sydney
then ship it from Sydney to vermec $200
for the electronics up grade $2000
then back to sydney $200

total cost $10600

But it's still a nice old lathe

Antiques acure with time and it sure is worthy of that even if only pays 1/3 what he would have paid for the Stubby its worth 10 times a stubby due to it history. Bit like a good car GTHO was less than $10k when new now more then 10 times that.

How this is what I call a notch bed lathe.... If I were closer, and I would be fighting over it....

I think this is a pattern makers lathe. the gap for large diameter flat turnings and the bed length for longer stuff. the banjo and rest can span the gap on the longer work.

Originally Posted by

You mongrel Ted for posting this up.

I know I am going to regret this. How much? PM sent.

No need to regret. Get it home, put a belt on it, oil it up, and put it to work.

I would love one of those.

As to having too many lathes, if you were to do a workshop with a paid participant in front of each of your lathes, you would soon defray the cost of the hardware.

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I'm already looking forward to the rebuild photo's.

Good on yer

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You are edging closer to the baker's dozen, me thinks.
A thing of beauty is a rarity. Drillit.