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Looks nice, I've never seen one like it- any manufacture dates on it?
And it shows . That's a clean looking well made lathe .Thanks. I haven’t run it yet, so I’m hopeful that it runs as well as it looks. I came out of a maintenance shop, so it was just used for small jobs, not a production machine at all.
Worst possible thing they could possibly do, pick a non-standard metric thread that is close enough to an imperial size to be easily mistaken.One machine had a 1 1/2 x 8 thd spindle and the other had a 39 x 3 metric spindle.
My 12x37 has a goofy spindle thread: 60mm x 8 tpiWorst possible thing they could possibly do, pick a non-standard metric thread that is close enough to an imperial size to be easily mistaken.
Is it possible that one of the machines was metric?
According to the manufacturer, it’s 56 mm x 3