Haven't needed a lathe but always wanted one.

[WilliamP]

I saw this for sale last June. The one picture is from the add the other is after I cleaned it up and painted it. I wasn't sure what kind it was but have settled on a Craftsman 12x24. There are no tags on it but the numbers on the ways are stamped as "Model no.101-L6T440S"

 

[markba633csi]

Shazam! Yep looks like 12x24

 

[MrWhoopee]

What a change! Nearly unrecognizable in the first pic.

You only think you haven't needed a lathe. Six months from now you'll wonder how anyone lives without one.

 

[WilliamP]

The more I look into setting it up the more I look forward to using it for little projects. I think it will be very useful.

 

[mmcmdl]

Great job cleaning it up , and love the JD 212 also . How's your snow up there ?

 

[WilliamP]

Great job cleaning it up , and love the JD 212 also . How's your snow up there ?

So far not too bad, we're expecting a few more inches today.

 

[pontiac428]

You really dragged that lathe out of the clutches of the abyss! Congratulations, I hope you enjoy it. I sure got a lot out of my Atlas before I decided I'd outgrown it. Made me wonder how I'd ever gotten by on just a drill press and grinder before.

 

[WilliamP]

You really dragged that lathe out of the clutches of the abyss! Congratulations, I hope you enjoy it. I sure got a lot out of my Atlas before I decided I'd outgrown it. Made me wonder how I'd ever gotten by on just a drill press and grinder before.

Thanks, Yeah it was a mess. I looking forward to setting it up and getting to use it.

 

[Aaron_W]

I've found a lathe is like so many tools. You don't know you need one until you have one. Once you have one, you wonder how you got along without it.

 

[Jake M]

Made me wonder how I'd ever gotten by on just a drill press and grinder before.

It's not just a drill press and grinder. It's a drill press, it's a grinder, and the pair is a vertical lathe with live tooling.
It's pretty amazing what you can do with nothing, if nobody points out that you can't do it.