Can anyone give me any info on this?!?

[kpschafer]

My last question maybe someone can give me their opinion on before I go possibly purchase this thing is ....based on this picture, I'm wondering if someone could have mounted a lathe on a stand it didn't originally come on. If you zoom in on the tailstock end and the stand they appear to be two completely different colors of powdercoat.
As long as the ways are in good shape and the lathe all seems in good shape it shouldn't hurt anything but the resale value if the base isn't original right??
Or maybe someone just painted one of the other at some point.
As soon as I get it in front of my I'll update this thread.

 

[Eddyde]

My last question maybe someone can give me their opinion on before I go possibly purchase this thing is ....based on this picture, I'm wondering if someone could have mounted a lathe on a stand it didn't originally come on. If you zoom in on the tailstock end and the stand they appear to be two completely different colors of powdercoat.
As long as the ways are in good shape and the lathe all seems in good shape it shouldn't hurt anything but the resale value if the base isn't original right??
Or maybe someone just painted one of the other at some point.
As soon as I get it in front of my I'll update this thread.

That's a good call, the base does look like it has different color paint and the name on the headstock is completely different "Sataragona"? With Barcelona as the city. The machine looks to be from the 70's-80's and the base looks from a much older machine. Plus the way it's bolted on, doesn't look factory. The badge on the base "International Machinery" could have imported the machine and thrown the base on it. Who knows... As far as parts, I highly doubt any would be available but that's not really a big deal, as if the machine works, it should last al long time with reasonable care. Many of us have machines with factory parts being "Unobtainimum"... And for $500 it sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

 

[Eddyde]

Check around this site, they have a comprehensive list of lathes from manufacturers around the world.

lathes.co.uk

Sometimes manufactures export machines under a different name and only for a short time so the name might not come up but look into the Spanish made machines, you might find one that matches.

 

[matthewsx]

The stand appears to cast iron which would be a good thing. Not being original doesn’t really matter as you’ll be fixing it up anyway.

Lathes aren’t terrible to fix even if there aren’t any original parts available, a surprising number of parts can be made for them even on a partially working machine.

$500 is a good price for a solid project machine. It appears to be in good shape and if the seller is willing (and able to competently) load that’s a bonus.

Look forward to seeing your first chips.

John

 

[kpschafer]

Thank you all for the advice. You have no idea how helpful it is to me just to even having a sounding board. Everyone I know in my area know absolutely nothing about lathes or machine work for that matter. I've just kind of self taught myself for the last couple years.
This all started because I build high performance chainsaws and do a lot of porting. I had to learn to operate a lathe just to cut the squish band and base on the cylinders before I did the port work to get the compression ideally somewhere around 200psi. It's amazingly hard to learn by face cutting 4" into a blind cylinder when the biggest tool your first lathe would hold was about 1/2". Using a 1/2" boring bar hung out 4"-5" on a machine that the slide and cross slide where about wore out on with a bunch of slack and slop was an adventure to say the least. My God the chattering and gouging at first was unreal. I probably destroyed my first 5 or 10 cylinders lol. Took me somewhere around 3 hours to get my first cylinder chucked up with the run out as low as I could get it.
Some of my first attempts. Ahh what I learned in those early days. I thought the compound was supposed to have a bunch of play in it.

 

[brino]

Those two chucks together are likely worth at least $300 ...... depending on brand and condition perhaps much more.
I don't think you could go very wrong for $500 lot.

Brian

 

[Choiliefan]

The ball-bearing drill chuck is another bonus.
Looks like a magnetic stand and indicator on the tailstock and untold other riches to sweeten the deal more.
Is this part of the lathe, or what?

 

[RickKr]

Found this on "lathes.uk", Tarragona. Looks similar, made in Spain.

And this, listed as "S.A. Tarragona"

And possibly a manual, maybe only similar but might be helpful if it doesn't have anything else.

 

[kpschafer]

I'm thinking that thing is a part of the lathe. No idea what it is though
I have finally determined the base and lathe are from the same company. If you zoom in on the red knobs on the lathe itself they have the same logo and text as the base.

 

[matthewsx]

The ball-bearing drill chuck is another bonus.
Looks like a magnetic stand and indicator on the tailstock and untold other riches to sweeten the deal more.
Is this part of the lathe, or what?
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That’s probably the drum switch.