Nasa-turn Lathe

[ddickey]

Has anyone heard of these lathes?

 

[Uglydog]

Dean,
Do you have a link or any additional information?
Perhaps a context?

Daryl
MN

 

[ddickey]

Saw it on CL.
http://brainerd.craigslist.org/tls/5664543706.html

 

[Uglydog]

I don't know anything about them. Looks much newer than the SB we looked at.
Can you get parts for a Nasa? Might want to check that.
This one seems to make more sense based on the price range I understood you were thinking.
Have you any more clarity on the capacities you are looking to turn?
Dirty does not mean that the ways are worn/abused, or the bearings are bad.
You might ask if they are willing to provide any additional data.

Daryl
MN

 

[John Hasler]

https://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&site=&source=hp&btnG=Search&q="nasa-turn"+lathe

produces a bit of information.

 

[TOOLMASTER]

12ft swing..wow ;-)

 

[BGHansen]

Yeah, probably being labeled a 1340 lathe I'm guessing it's a 13" swing with 40" between centers.

Bruce

 

[John Hasler]

12ft swing..wow ;-)

Well, NASA lathe, right? Must have been use to make Saturn V parts.

 

[BGHansen]

I hope to get the clearance to get photos of it someday. My wife works at heavy equipment manufacturer/fabricator in Lansing, MI. They have a "sheet metal" brake purchased from NASA that (as she was told) will bend a 4" thick piece of steel 50 yards long! Holy crap! Supposed to stand 30 feet high. No photos are allowed in the building because of being a government contractor . . . Might have been used someplace in the Saturn V's.

Bruce

 

[TOOLMASTER]

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstro...ry/experimental_fabrication/ED14-0073-09.html