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" Thats the photo from the ad. is the hand wheel on the apron on the wrong side? Seems different photos on the web show it on various sides. "
No, the hand wheel is always on the left with a straight bed lathe, and always on the right with a gap bed lathe. Yours appears to have no gap in the bed. It looks like the oil sight glass is missing from the head stock.... or it's been painted black for some reason...
The lathe appears to have been poorly spray bombed, without any concern for the tags or handles.... that raises a bit of a red flag for me, although the lathe might be just fine. Take the cover off of the head stock and inspect every single gear and every single tooth by moving the spindle by hand and shifting the levers on top to see that all is well. In addition, take the quick change gear box cover off and do the same. If the owner is hesitant to allow this, I would walk away. There's big money in replacing gears on these lathes.
Brian
No, the hand wheel is always on the left with a straight bed lathe, and always on the right with a gap bed lathe. Yours appears to have no gap in the bed. It looks like the oil sight glass is missing from the head stock.... or it's been painted black for some reason...
The lathe appears to have been poorly spray bombed, without any concern for the tags or handles.... that raises a bit of a red flag for me, although the lathe might be just fine. Take the cover off of the head stock and inspect every single gear and every single tooth by moving the spindle by hand and shifting the levers on top to see that all is well. In addition, take the quick change gear box cover off and do the same. If the owner is hesitant to allow this, I would walk away. There's big money in replacing gears on these lathes.
Brian
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