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[Campfire]

My 1947 Logan 820, from the accident scene to my garage.



Repairs-




Updated the tool post,



And have had a blast with projects for this retired guy.






Keeps me busy, helps make parts I need for projects, and has cost me around $700 so far with scrounging & buying stuff on sale.

 

[Nogoingback]

Nice job bringing the lathe back to life. What happened at the scene of the accident?

 

[Campfire]

Nice job bringing the lathe back to life. What happened at the scene of the accident?

The complete story is here Logan 820 find & rebuild , but it was at a shop that had the true craftsman & mechanic leave. They were moving it out of the shop because no one knew how to run a lathe, and the manager didn't have any "guide for billable hours" for fabrication or machining work.

Lots of repair work into it. Thanks for asking.





Ugly, but it worked and it runs true.

 

[Nogoingback]

I went back and looked at your post: I guess I had forgotten about it since I posted to it
a couple of times. Anyway, I love it when folks put the older machines back into useful
service and for 700 bucks you did well indeed.

 

[Hoyt]

I have owned two Logan 400s (still have one) and just purchased this Logan 200 locally. It's missing a carriage lock and has only a single sheave pulley on the motor, but is in excellent condition. Easy fixes. I'm adding a DRO to it.

 

[Olddognotrick]

I just put this Logan 1927 built in 1958 in good spot in my shop. I bought it a few months ago and did some repairs to it before I moved it in place. I actually temporarily wired up the lathe and made a new compound acme nut and cross feed acme nut to take out the bad backlash that had it had gotten from 65 years of use.

 

[ChasJA]

This is my 1972 Powermatic Logan lathe. It was in excellent condition when I got it. I did a little cleaning up and some painting but, overall, no complaints. By the way. Rustoleum hammered deep green paint is almost an exact match as far as paint goes.

 

[Hoyt]

Recently re-furbished Wards Powr-Kraft (Logan 200). New headstock bearings, drive belts, no broken gears teeth, several "fixes" made over the years repaired; full set of change gears, QCTP.

 

[Charles scozzari]

400 Logan with thread cap. My just in case lathe.

 

[srfallsallot]

Hi all my Heros

I have limited experience with a lathe so bear with me please. A friend gave me a Logan 820 from 1947. It has been siting for ~20 years. Dirty but no rust. I am cleaning it up and learning how it is built. It has some minor issues. A few loose screws, missing screws, very small dings on the bed. What worries me most is the play in the Compound hand wheel and the same in the Saddle. Both are about .045". Is that normal? If not what is normal. Everything moves smoothly. No broken anything that I have found yet. Every thing seems to work as near as I can tell.

I have both a 3 jaw and 4 jaw chuck I need to clean up too. It came with KDK tool post and 3 tool holders and several HS tools of various geometries.

I purchased the manual online. The cost was $25.00 for the manual and $23.11 for shipping. WOW that is a lot for mailing a book.

How important is it to precision level this machine?

Any information would be appreciated. Pleases steer me in the right direction.