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Bought a Lathe for myself on my Wife's Birthday --- and Survived...barely
- Thread starter GrizzlyBagWorks
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Making some progress on the lathe. I still have to address the mill head and the headstock but the tailstock and carriage were both completely torn down, cleaned and reassembled. I'm thinking I need to mill some oil grooves and add some ball oilers into the cross slide.
The table it's on is an absolute mess, so I'll have to build something deserving of this machine.
And it appears lightning has struck twice. The lathe came with a very very nice Tripan quick change tool post but only 2 holders. I put some feelers out and was offered an incredible set for as good, or probably even better of a deal as the lathe. These holders are pretty tough to find stateside so I'm feeling very lucky.
The table it's on is an absolute mess, so I'll have to build something deserving of this machine.
And it appears lightning has struck twice. The lathe came with a very very nice Tripan quick change tool post but only 2 holders. I put some feelers out and was offered an incredible set for as good, or probably even better of a deal as the lathe. These holders are pretty tough to find stateside so I'm feeling very lucky.
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I wonder if you realize the value of the accessories he gave you. The Emco V10-P is the power cross feed version (the V-10 didn't have it) of this lathe and it is a very good one. The V-10 was the first of the Emco lathes to come with a separate saddle feed rod with clutch, which is a very good thing; it saves the leadscrew for threading only.
You would have a very difficult time finding many of the things he gave you. The rotary table alone is worth almost $1000.00 all by itself, and he gave you the indexing plates that increase its utility. The rotary table can be used vertically with an angle plate. The chucks are probably made by Rohm so big bucks. The faceplate, while seldom used, is rarely seen on the used market. The vise is worth well over $500 to a collector. I don't see a steady or follow rest but those two items would buy you a brand new mini-lathe. I think the milling attachment is an earlier version of the one that came on the Super 11 so it is capable of real work. You also have the Emco thread dial indicator and carriage stop - hard to find and essential on any lathe.
The guy who owned this stuff knew what he was doing when he bought his accessories. Try buying them now. If you could even find them, the sticker shock would knock you on the floor. Search carefully. A guy like this was likely to buy a spare cross slide leadscrew and nut and a full set of change gears and you will need them.
At the time the V-10P came out, it was the best that Emco made. Later lathes had a hardened and ground gear train but are otherwise of similar quality. This lathe has a very dedicated fan base for a good reason. It is very well made, like all Emco lathes, and the previous owner took decent care of it from what I can see. You are luckier than you probably realize.
You would have a very difficult time finding many of the things he gave you. The rotary table alone is worth almost $1000.00 all by itself, and he gave you the indexing plates that increase its utility. The rotary table can be used vertically with an angle plate. The chucks are probably made by Rohm so big bucks. The faceplate, while seldom used, is rarely seen on the used market. The vise is worth well over $500 to a collector. I don't see a steady or follow rest but those two items would buy you a brand new mini-lathe. I think the milling attachment is an earlier version of the one that came on the Super 11 so it is capable of real work. You also have the Emco thread dial indicator and carriage stop - hard to find and essential on any lathe.
The guy who owned this stuff knew what he was doing when he bought his accessories. Try buying them now. If you could even find them, the sticker shock would knock you on the floor. Search carefully. A guy like this was likely to buy a spare cross slide leadscrew and nut and a full set of change gears and you will need them.
At the time the V-10P came out, it was the best that Emco made. Later lathes had a hardened and ground gear train but are otherwise of similar quality. This lathe has a very dedicated fan base for a good reason. It is very well made, like all Emco lathes, and the previous owner took decent care of it from what I can see. You are luckier than you probably realize.
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I should add that unlike most suppliers, Emco lathes only came with a 3 jaw chuck, dead centers, basic tool post and a few paltry supplies. Everything else you needed to run the lathe - steady/follow rests, live center, face plate, change gears, and so on had to be purchased separately, and they were not cheap. Emco supplied parts for each of their lathes for 10 years only (German legal requirement) so you are going to have to compete with all the other V-10P owners for parts and that is going to be expensive. Still, you have a very fine Austrian-made lathe that is built to a very high standard and with care, it should outlast you.
I suggest you join the Emco Larger Lathes Yahoo group for support, manuals, etc.
I suggest you join the Emco Larger Lathes Yahoo group for support, manuals, etc.
Amazing! That's almost exactly how I arrived here, except I'm still looking for a lathe. Nice story and a nice "haul"!
Bill_729
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Oh I'm aware, that's why I'm so ecstatic. On my first lathe I spent probably 2-3x the price I spent on the lathe on tooling. I knew when I saw that it came with the 3/4 jaw, faceplate and rotary table that there was probably more. The fact that they were basically unused was just icing on the cake. I've never seen an Emco in person but I've restored close to 50 vintage woodworking machines and 50+ vintage industrial sewing machines. I also recently finished a restoration on a 1966 Clausing 5914 (requiring a spindle replacement and reeves drive overhaul) and a 1950s Clausing 8520. Having an intimate familiarity with these machines along with the other machines I've restored gave me a real context to this Emco in terms of it's quality. I never thought I'd go back to a lathe of this size after getting my 5914 so dialed in but there's just something so enjoyable about working on on a machine of this size.
This Emco reminds me in a lot of ways to Inca woodworking tools. Compact combination machines made to high standards. They have the same Hammerite finish as well.
Needless to say I'm thrilled. It's really really rare to run across a vintage machine of this quality with very low hours. Not to mention a lifetime worth of tooling.
I'll post more photos as I move along on this machine. I need to build a stand for it and am debating what style. I'll probably need some input from you guys to make a firm decision.