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I've been looking for something to replace my trusty 200 for a while. Something with a bigger spindle and bigger dials. I was really thinking Clausing 5900 series ... until I stumbled onto a, very nice sounding, Logan 2557V that was listed on Practical Machinist.
Here are some excerpts from the add:
Well the lathe pretty much was what he said it was. The older gentleman (and that's coming from me who is 57) apparently picks older lathes from time to time and rebuilds them to keep himself busy. Its not like he needed another, he had 3 or 4 set up ready to run in his basement shop (along with about everything else to make anything he wanted). There are a few minor nit pick things that I need to change, but overall it is what he said. Below are some pics to try and give you a little taste of what it looks like.
A couple shots trying to show the newly ground ways:
OMG!!! What is this thing??
I think I will need to get a reverse magnifying glass!!! These things are too big!!
Here are some excerpts from the add:
- Bed reground
- Spindle reconditioned, worn surfaces spray metallized and ground
- Spindle bearing cleaned and lubricated
- Cross slide, saddle and compound rescraped
- Cleaned and replaced worn gears in the apron
- Replaced twin gears and related gears in drive train
- Rebuilt transmission, replaced ball bearing, machined sheaves, shaft and installed new sheave bearings, new swing arms.
- Cleaned motor and replaced bearings
Well the lathe pretty much was what he said it was. The older gentleman (and that's coming from me who is 57) apparently picks older lathes from time to time and rebuilds them to keep himself busy. Its not like he needed another, he had 3 or 4 set up ready to run in his basement shop (along with about everything else to make anything he wanted). There are a few minor nit pick things that I need to change, but overall it is what he said. Below are some pics to try and give you a little taste of what it looks like.
A couple shots trying to show the newly ground ways:
OMG!!! What is this thing??
I think I will need to get a reverse magnifying glass!!! These things are too big!!
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