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This SB1001, along with my early PM25 (Weiss) went to a good friend back in '16 when I bought my PM935 and PM1340GT. He got them set up in his little shop, but never used them. Then, he got laid off by the same company that threw me out the back door. The machines got packed up and moved to TN (from Longmont CO) and were never taken out of their wrappings of moving mats, plastic, and tape.
Talking with him a couple of months ago, and he was telling me that he's coming out this way to pick up his brother in CA and take him back to TN. He then asked me if I would like to have the machines back, as I had sold my mill and lathe back in early '22 when I had some serious health issues. I didn't meet Joe Black, but I spent the better part of two years getting myself back together. And I missed my mill and lathe.
Now this little SB is just a good sized modelers lathe, but I previously had cut pretty much anything wanted, including Titanium (carefully) so I knew it could handle the small stuff I wanted to do. For those who don't know this lathe, it's not bad for a hobby/bench lathe, it's 8"x18", weighs about 300 lbs, has a 6" wide bed, variable speed, and a D1-3 chuck mount. I put a 5" BTC set-tru chuck and a Aloris AXA tool post on it as well.
This was the easier of the two to clean up, with relatively mild rust here and there. The PM25 is gonna be next and I'm hoping that I can get a one-shot oiler setup on the thing and re-do the mounts for the DRO's glass scales, assuming that system still functions of course.
But hey, I have machines again.
Talking with him a couple of months ago, and he was telling me that he's coming out this way to pick up his brother in CA and take him back to TN. He then asked me if I would like to have the machines back, as I had sold my mill and lathe back in early '22 when I had some serious health issues. I didn't meet Joe Black, but I spent the better part of two years getting myself back together. And I missed my mill and lathe.
Now this little SB is just a good sized modelers lathe, but I previously had cut pretty much anything wanted, including Titanium (carefully) so I knew it could handle the small stuff I wanted to do. For those who don't know this lathe, it's not bad for a hobby/bench lathe, it's 8"x18", weighs about 300 lbs, has a 6" wide bed, variable speed, and a D1-3 chuck mount. I put a 5" BTC set-tru chuck and a Aloris AXA tool post on it as well.
This was the easier of the two to clean up, with relatively mild rust here and there. The PM25 is gonna be next and I'm hoping that I can get a one-shot oiler setup on the thing and re-do the mounts for the DRO's glass scales, assuming that system still functions of course.
But hey, I have machines again.
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