Saving a lathe

[abunai]

First post here.
Hope it better than other forums I've joined.
I'm in the process of trying to save a Sheldon Lathe.
It's in a shed that has lost a roof and wall.
Stamp on it is LWQU 6827
Rusty, but most things still move.
I've got it down to the gear box, bed, and one leg.
Any info on this lathe????

 

[vocatexas]

Have you looked here?

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=2133&tab=3

 

[abunai]

Yes I have. Good site.
I couldn't find an exact match. I know I might not be able to.
There were some close to it.
I've googled the stamp number and came up with nothing that looks just like it.

 

[dlane]

Welcome, there are a few here with Sheldon lathes, I have a TE1236 p Sheldon that I haven't messed with yet, it needs disassembly, cleaning, lube ,reassembled.
Yahoo groups has some info on them , but the site is a pita,
Someone should chime in soon.

 

[abunai]

Have some pictures of the lathe.
First time trying to post pictures. hope it works.

 

[francist]

http://www.lathes.co.uk/sheldon/index.html

Pretty interesting explanations of the letter codes, might be able to make some sense of them as it pertains to yours.

-frank

 

[Dave Paine]

Interesting lathe. I know nothing about Sheldon lathes, but worth a look at the Lathes.UK site.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/sheldon/index.html

 

[dlane]

This is the one I have, there is a guy that worked for Sheldon on yahoo groups named John Knox
He is a wealth of information about Sheldon lathes, don't use back gears to remove stuck chuck.

He tells everybody that with good reason.
4gsr , is probably our Sheldon expert he might be able to answer your questions.

 

[mikey]

Awesome, another Hawaii guy on the forum - welcome to HM, Abunai (great handle, by the way)!

Ken/4gsr will hopefully be along to comment. I agree with dlane; John Knox is the man and I, too, would suggest you join the Sheldon Yahoo group.

 

[intjonmiller]

I came because of the great username, too! にほんご が すこし できる

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