Advice on Emco Maximat V10 -P

TeaBagofHorror said:
It is not nessecary to order extra belts. They live for many years and can be bought much cheaper than at www.emcomachinetools.co.uk everywhere on the internet.

For example (Germany) for my V10 (not -P)

http://www.keilriemenexpress.de 200 XL 075 €10,57
instrad of
http://www.nielsmachines.com/de/1072371/emco/ €35 (!!!!)

For a while the machines were sold with POM (delrin) gear wheels on the gear quadrant. When I bought my V10 one of them was broken. I replaced all of them using steel gears with fresh needle bearings and for the gear pair I took the bigger gear with hub on which I mounted the little gear. Into the hub I pressed a hardened bushing I got from the company I worked at. Runs very well but of course it makes a little noise compared to the delrin gears.
The whole machine I cleaned with oven cleaner spray. Worked fine.

Just ordered a Sino DRO. When mounted I´ll send pictures.

Hope my English ist understandable. I´m out of training.
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Thank you very much. Your English is very good. Much better than meinem Deutsch (thanks Google translate!) I can't find anything in North America on Ebay or the likes so I might have to order it from there.

Can I ask you a question? What websites would be best to search for used machine tools in Europe (specificially France and Germany)? Something similar to what we use here, which is craigslist.com, kijiji.ca, usedeverywhere.com. I ask because my sister-in-law lives in France and was living in Germany prior that that, and it seems like there is much more Emco machinery and parts available in Western Europe. I would like to keep my eye open for parts and tools and she may be able to make sure at the very least the ad is real and facilitate shipping to me.

Thanks again!
 
Hi Firewood

Good website in Germany for privat purchase is
www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de
More for industrial customer is
www.maschinensucher.de
Cheaper are the Netherlands
www.marktplaats.nl
(lathe = draaibank, milling machine = freesbank)
In Austria it is
www.willhaben.at
In Switzerland (more expensive)
www.ricardo.ch
Sorry, but don't know any french website and don't speak any french (except a few swearwords).

All machines that can be transported by car or by van and can be carried downstairs to the cellar are very wanted and overpriced.
Especially Emco. Hard to get their L20 collets. Fu... ing expensive!!!
 
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Firewood said:
Hi there, this is my first post other than introduction. I've been looking to buy a lathe and/or mill for a while now and it seems like any of the ones I am interested in get snatched up real quick (A few weeks ago I missed out on a good deal on an Atlas because I was away for a wedding!).

Right now there is an Emco Maximat V10-p that just got posted for sale. I live in a place that never saw much along the lines of the metal industry so machinery is few and far between. I'm looking for some guidance on this machine (or warnings if it is not a good machine to get into or start out with). What I have found out so far is:
-There are fibre gears that are designed to be a sacrificial weak point that should be inspected (I believe you have to unscrew a plate on the top?)
-The motor direction/speed/on/off switch is problematic and expensive to replace
-Spare parts are hard to find and expensive

On the plus side, it appears to have the mill attachment and my understanding is the green ones are a stronger 6 speed variant, and newer, than the blue models which were a 4 speed and slightly lighter duty. Its hard to find good information on these machines, especially for someone who is green as grass to machinery.

Its kind of at the far end of my price range especially because it doesn't include tooling. The want over $2000 Canadian pesos from what I can tell it only comes with a 3 jaw chuck and stand.

If I could get some direction on what to look for to gauge its condition I would be very grateful!
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I owned a V10-P because I got it on a 'deal' and I did ok but it was missing the power cassette (push buttons on top) and I never found one to replace it. I was going to convert to DC with PWM and just forget about the unit but ended up trading it off.. If everything was there, including the power cassette, I would own it today - just became a to do project and a guy traded me. He almost did not make the deal because he was one of these, "i have to pick it apart and point out every flaw. Since I had already escorted one other such person (storm room contractor) off my property at the end of a barrel. I had already decided to make the trade so he was just ticking me off.

Anyway, they are nice machines, Unimat tooling, if you are a purist, is pricey.
 
Firewood said:
So I finally got it home and wrestled it into the basement. I am really excited but on closer inspection more things seem wrong with it than I originally noticed. The power feed handle is flaccid for a lack of better words. it sags down under its own weight starts to engage the cross feed power. There's also a few places where there was obviously an impact (the handle on top of the milling attachment is one). At any rate I'm going to start cleaning it up.

I'm not sure how far I should delve into this. I'm not going to be able to do a full restore right now (no painting etc.) but it would be nice to hear what I should do as a minimum. I just want it to be clean and functional and then one day down the road I'll do an in depth tear down. I have a baby due in two weeks (and a toddler right now) so spare time is few and far between, and comes at a premium. I am very excited for this and it will definitely be my pet project.

I forgot to mention that I'm not sure if this is an EMCO bench for it? Colour matches, but the layout is different from the ones I have seen pictured. Seems pretty sturdy though, and has the drip tray and all that fun stuff. Sadly, there weren't any hidden treasures to be found.

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I have the same lathe and cabinet…mine is blue..must be the had more then one cabinet design!
 
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