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I don't know anything about them, but that's some good info...I learned a good bit.

I just learned more in his post than I ever knew about a metal lathe. Thank you
 
   / Good morning!!!! #80,132  
Thanks RNG, Good info. The guy is a retired gunsmith and is letting everything he has go with it. It has a VFD and a pulley with sides that move in and out to adjust the spindle speed. There is a gear box to adjust carriage and cross slide feeds. Yes the price is high but not for this area. Here a junk lathe the same size that looks like it was in most of the battles of WW2 for $1500. In talking to the guy the only thing I think I might need to buy is a face plate. If you see anything else I need to think about please let me know. Ed
 
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Kyle, found a clausing 12 x 36 about 2 1/2 hr away. Don't know how to link it but it is on Richmond Va Craigs List. It is located in Boydton Va. Any advice will be welcome. As close as I can tell it is a model 5914. Thanks Ed
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It looks a bit over priced to me, depending on tooling. He didn't show any pictures other than the one. RNG summed it up well. Look for major wear on the ways just under where a part would be sticking out of the chuck. Grip the tool post tightly and give it a manly tug in both axes.

Being patient and buying tooling on ebay is the cheapest way to get tooled up.

Clausing is a great brand name. I like their Colchester versions. It looks like a good size and fit. When you are testing any lathe, run the all the gears, make sure the threading gears work. Parts is another story. Unless you buy late model Taiwan style lathes, it is a crap shoot on most older models. If a lathe is ran properly and not crashed, it is a rare day to need parts. I would say the electrics/switches would be the parts you might need.
 
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It looks a bit over priced to me, depending on tooling. He didn't show any pictures other than the one. RNG summed it up well. Look for major wear on the ways just under where a part would be sticking out of the chuck. Grip the tool post tightly and give it a manly tug in both axes.

Being patient and buying tooling on ebay is the cheapest way to get tooled up.

Clausing is a great brand name. I like their It looks like a good size and fit. When you are testing any lathe, run the all the gears, make sure the threading gears work. Parts is another story. Unless you buy late model Taiwan style lathes, it is a crap shoot on most older models. If a lathe is ran properly and not crashed, it is a rare day to need parts. I would say the electrics/switches would be the parts you might need.

Thanks guys, planning to ride down and take a look Tuesday morning early. Be there by 8 am and home by 12am. I hope. Ed
 
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While not a major project, a satisfying one to get done.
Upgrade to 1/4” vinyl coated SS cable and all SS hardware except the plastic pulleys. Should last at least my lifetime. The 1/8” vinyl coated non SS cable lasted 11 years. IMG_0827.JPG
 
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Good evening all. 72F for the start .5 inch in the rain gauge, cloudy sky, light wind. Wind came up this morning, forecast rain was a no-show and high temp was 90F. Tomorrow has 1 in rain forecast, hope it happens, way behind Bird on rain this week. Chapel this morning, wife had homemade breakfast crumcake after chapel. Nap this afternoon and that's it.
Prayers for all
 
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66 right now...high about 80. Looks like another week of rain ahead of us...
 
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Good morning. All uneventful here. Dark clouds came over in the evening yesterday, ruining any chance of seeing the meteors. After watching the forecast we expected to be woken by thunderstorms in the night. If they did come they must have been feeble, we slept through with not a drop of water in the weather bucket this morning.

The Stihl seemed to appreciate a bit of a clean out yesterday and it's running again. Despite what I had seen on youtube, there is no mesh screen on the exhaust to clog on mine, so taking the muffler off was as Ron thought not the answer. For the little they cost I ought to get a full carb gasket kit before it's time to start hedge laying.


Ed, you wanted advise. Well, if you drive for 2 hours, only to find the lathe is rubbish, remember the guy was a gunsmith and probably still has a few guns around, so be very polite. :D

David, that is a deluxe setup for a washing line :thumbsup:
That reminds me, I still need to tie a bright orange marker to our line. The one it replaced had only been up a couple of years and wouldn't have lasted any longer in SS - a friend drove his tractor into it - his loader won.

CWB, the monster moose was only in my imagination :)

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   / Good morning!!!! #80,140  
While not a major project, a satisfying one to get done.
Upgrade to 1/4” vinyl coated SS cable and all SS hardware except the plastic pulleys. Should last at least my lifetime. The 1/8” vinyl coated non SS cable lasted 11 years. View attachment 566493

You've built your first zip line! Ground might be kinda hard if you fell off...;)

Another inch of rain last night, more on the way today. However looks like heaviest rain going North.
Up wide awake at 4am, pulled all the food pantry veggies out of my fridge, organized them, taking them to pantry later this morning.
Last big watermelon, one of the yellow ones.

I was told ever so nicely that while folks seem to love the yellow watermelons, the huge number of seeds is
a problem, not GMO at all, and perhaps some seedless red watermelon for next year? Okra and watermelon, so far the two biggest movers by demand.
Okra is easy, and some of my okra plants are now seven feet tall and headed for the moon. Wonder if I'll need a ladder in a month...

Tomorrow morning at distribution day, I'm taking down two little baggies of chocolate habaneros, and trying to see if someone knows someone who will eat these things,
and survive. 400k scoville, entry level super hot. Local Mexicans and firemen have said no thank you. There's usually about fifteen volunteers there for distribution day so hopefully someone with a cast iron stomach will get to enjoy them. I'm not growing them again for sure. Peppers seem unaffected by all the rain, some have ripened too soon, but they are just pumping out daily. Taking hot peppers, banana peppers and bell peppers in today.
Was able to pick a few tomatoes yesterday, but they are all cracked. Taking them to food pantry anyway; they are really good dark tomatoes and taste wonderful, just blemished.

later on this week looks to be drying out a little. Lawns are growing like mad, mow 6 acres minimum every five days, 10 acres every week or ten days. Couldn't do it without big mowers.
Interview new Hispanic helper this afternoon.
 

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