New to me..........Emco Compact 8 Lathe

[markba633csi]

I believe at the rear of the bed there is a mounting for the vertical milling machine attachment- is that what you were referring to?
Those come up for sale on Ebay from time to time but are expensive
-M

 

[liteace]

Yes Ive just been having a look about, be nice to get hold of one of those but I should think 95% of the other Emco 8 owners are also looking, if I can get, make a mount that will bolt on for the vertical support maybe I can adapt something

 

[Fermic]

I believe at the rear of the bed there is a mounting for the vertical milling machine attachment- is that what you were referring to?
Those come up for sale on Ebay from time to time but are expensive
-M

Case in point, I got lucky that I bought it for 1000 usd.

 

[liteace]

Case in point, I got lucky that I bought it for 1000 usd.

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Nice, so does it swing out of the way when not in use, I bang my head on everything, if its there I'll nut it for sure.
When youve time could you post some measurements, hole spacing and support pole thickness

Thanks

 

[tweinke]

Doesn't the multifix tool posts have built in angle adjustment so you do not have to move the main body to change tool angles?

 

[liteace]

I dont know, I'll have a play this week if ive time

|Thanks

 

[markba633csi]

Yes that's the mill/drill attachment- the compact 5 and compact 8 used the same one. There was a larger one for the compact 10 and FB-2
-M

 

[frugalguido]

Case in point, I got lucky that I bought it for 1000 usd.

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I purchased that exact one as my first lathe from Blue Ridge back in the day. IMHO I wouldn't brother with the vertical head at all, it was originally made for the compact 5 and is more of a toy, only three speeds. The lathe was very good though.

 

[Fermic]

Doesn't the multifix tool posts have built in angle adjustment so you do not have to move the main body to change tool angles?

It does, You can go straight from 0 to 45 degrees for quick chamfer. Also, if you add a pin in the base it lets you enable to pick different starting 40 positions from 0 to 4.5 degrees ( in 9 degrees steps ).

I purchased that exact one as my first lathe from Blue Ridge back in the day. IMHO I wouldn't brother with the vertical head at all, it was originally made for the compact 5 and is more of a toy, only three speeds. The lathe was very good though.

Yeah, that's true this drill/mill attachment only does have 3 speeds. Still, I can make a ER25 or ER32 holder out of some cheap stressproof steel for it in order to increase the value of it and be more useful with more modifications like a fine feed ( I figured out the right gearing ratio ).

 

[Janderso]

Nope, not a clone, it's the real deal!

You scored dude