Sheldon lathe

[4GSR]

Well, did you get the lathe?

 

[dlane]

Nope not yet , going to go look at it , I'll rent a trailer if it's worthwhile

 

[dlane]

Just checked CL and listing is gone,
I'll call in the morning see if it's gone

 

[dlane]

Checked CL this morning and it's there , I'll ride over the hill and take a look ,if it's any good I'll see if I can rent a u haul trailer and haul it back with me don't know how ied unload on my end
Cash is kinda tight now (house expenses)

 

[Chuck K]

Well....Are you the proud owner of a sheldon?

 

[dlane]

Yup and my brother got the hardinge
Gona have some questions the hardinge is 3ph with two motors 1hp and 1/4hp need to run off 1ph

Got the Sheldon $350. Hardinge $800.
Sheldon has no visible ware on ways, saddle ran full length with lock snugged , all gears intact , spindle ran smooth and quiet,
Auto feeds operated, but it's a mess, going deep sea fishing tomorrow, but Friday I'll check into it more ,May swap motors on the Sheldon to a 1ph 1.5hp
And figure out how to get it to oroville Monday as I didn't bring my trailer with me.

 

[Chuck K]

Cool...that's a hell of a buy on a great machine.

 

[NCjeeper]

Nice.

 

[dlane]

So I'm going to rent a u haul trailer to get the Sheldon to oroville, two day rental $108. so I'll still be paying $450 for it . It's going to need a real good disassembly ,cleaning , paint ,lube ,reassembly
as it seems red scotchbrite fibers and polishing compound are everywhere.
It will be a long project , I still need to do a lot of work to the house.
I'll start a new thread in the Sheldon section with pics

 

[Chuck K]

Everyone should have at least one lathe project going....lol