Restoring An Old 1992 Standard Modern 1034

[Srbowles]

Hello Folks! I am interested in restoring, or attempting to restore an old Standard Modern. I have some photos here of one in an auction. Does anyone know if this is too far gone or is it worth a try to bid on something like this? If so, what would be a good offering bid? Thanks for your opinion!

Steve

 

[dlane]

Shame it’s setting outside getting rusty ,if you search buying a lathe should give you an idea of what to lookout for.

 

[BtoVin83]

I'll throw my 2 cents in, not an expert in this. It looks like it has been cannibalized to fix other lathes. If you can't make the missing parts you might have more just in parts then the lathe is worth. Plus why was this one designated to donate parts rather than be repaired? A lot of people claim it"s just surface rust but in my opinion the rust pits the surface and creates a nice surface to sand sown the soft part, the saddle and the tail stock. So the lifespan will seriously shortened unless reground or scraped ways. If they gave it to you and paid for delivery it might be salvaged, too bad I hate to see machinery treated that way.

 

[dlane]

I’m not seeing anything missing except the Danger sign is missing on the first two pics, the surface rust should clean up good if not deeply pitted , biggest thing to check is bedway ware, if cheep enough could be worth it if ways are good

 

[Dabbler]

I think SM lathes are great iron. I'd give a 10X34 a place in my shop almost any time. Be very careful with this purchase. You shouldn't bid too much as it will require TONS of work.

Everything will have to be dissassembled, and they ways will take many hours of careful stoning to get right. In my opinion, it has been left too long in the rain. That rust looks deep. Having the bed reground (a valid option) will cost you just south of $2000. Modern tool here does that and they recently gave that figure for a 12X36 Taiwanese lathe.

To be honest if you wait, a decent used lathe should come up that is better cared for under 2K$.

 

[4GSR]

The lathe in the first picture would be the only one out of all them worth salvaging. The others have broken handwheels, missing parts to the compound, etc. For me to rebuild, any of them, they are rebuildable, but to a novice, no.

 

[dlane]

Didn’t notice they were different lathes , (op ,have pics of one at auction).

 

[markba633csi]

One of our members AJB bought one of those a few years ago and fixed it up pretty nice, check out "crying shame" in the auction site listing section to see pictures- I think he paid about 1800$
Mark S.
ps I think these are actually 1334s not 1034s

 

[dennys502]

With the amount of rust on the ways that they have - personally to me they are scrap metal or parts.

 

[jwmay]

I take exception to something from 1992 being called “old”. My first lathe was from 1946. It’d have to be prehistoric by this standard.

The answer to your question is more about your personal interest, ability,available time, available disposable income, and purpose in owning a machine tool. Btw, my 1946 lathe got disassembled and sold in pieces after I figured out my own answers to this very same question. Then I bought a 3 year old barely used machine and have been quite happy.

Disclaimer: I’m very very new around here and to machining in general.