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What Did You Buy Today?
- Thread starter darkzero
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It wasn't today, but yesterday I just beat the snow and brought home a Standard Modern 1340 lathe. It was an auction that was about 1:45 away so I hadn't done a preview. I was watching the bidding last week while listening to a family member vent on the phone. That put me in a bit of an irritated mood and then saw there was like 7 minutes left on the auction and it was at $950. I had the whole "I'm not letting somebody steal that for a grand thought" because I was already a bit irritated dealing with drama so I put in a bid of $1050, which showed I was winning, but I figured that wasn't going to last. I closed the browser to go back to family drama and when I got off the phone a few minutes later, pulled up the auction and saw I won....wow. There was a buyer's premium and then the rigger, who wasn't happy about dealing with the auction, nailed me for a $500 loading fee (started at $600 but the guy running the forklift was like "whoa, that's crazy, give me $500") and add in about $50 for gas. Still, I think it's a bargain.
I've run it through all the speeds and feeds and it seems solid. The cross slide screw/nut are pretty worn, but not so much you couldn't do good work. It needs a new set of V belts and a number of the ball oilers need to be replaced. It came with a Buck 8" 3-J adjust true chuck, an older 4-jaw that I think is likely from Taiwan (marked with a machinery dealer's name), micrometer carriage stop, steady, collet adapter, collet closer, set of collets, the original manual and a handful of live centers.
I checked the spindle for runout and the bearings for movement using good indicators and I'm very happy with the results. Today I zeroed the 3J and was able to get it under .001" pretty easily. I tossed a generic, unmarked CXA sized QCTP on it...slightly big, but it'll work and made some chips just before dinner tonight. I think it's a solid machine based off what I'm seeing and hearing. I have a generic follower that appears I will be able to modify to fit. Short of finding a taper attachment for it, I couldn't ask for a lot more.
This is my first experience with the Standard Modern line (this if fairly early from the mid-1970s) and I'm honestly impressed. The motor/spindle brake is amazing! This thing stops right now for sure. It would be nice if it had a large foot pedal for the brake, but that's really being knit picky.
The manual says to use 30wt machine oil in everything, but urban legend says either Labatt's or Molson in the headstock, gearbox and apron, with maple syrup for the ways....still trying to confirm that.
I had the motor wired so that pushing down on the apron controls engaged the motor in forward, then saw the manual says it's the other way around. I didn't even think about it because my Victor is down for forward....not so sure I want them to be opposite so I'll have to think about it and figure out if there are any reasons like motor cooling I couldn't leave it the way it is now. I also found out after the video below that they don't recommend the coarse feed range when running over 100rpm, which it was here and I think it was probably in a coarse range considering the hand wheel speed when I engaged the half nuts.
Time for a good cleaning, fresh lube all around and then get serious with some longer cuts, etc. A pic and a quick video...pretty sure it was at 700rpm and you can see how quickly the spindle stops.
View attachment IMG_7220.mov
I've run it through all the speeds and feeds and it seems solid. The cross slide screw/nut are pretty worn, but not so much you couldn't do good work. It needs a new set of V belts and a number of the ball oilers need to be replaced. It came with a Buck 8" 3-J adjust true chuck, an older 4-jaw that I think is likely from Taiwan (marked with a machinery dealer's name), micrometer carriage stop, steady, collet adapter, collet closer, set of collets, the original manual and a handful of live centers.
I checked the spindle for runout and the bearings for movement using good indicators and I'm very happy with the results. Today I zeroed the 3J and was able to get it under .001" pretty easily. I tossed a generic, unmarked CXA sized QCTP on it...slightly big, but it'll work and made some chips just before dinner tonight. I think it's a solid machine based off what I'm seeing and hearing. I have a generic follower that appears I will be able to modify to fit. Short of finding a taper attachment for it, I couldn't ask for a lot more.
This is my first experience with the Standard Modern line (this if fairly early from the mid-1970s) and I'm honestly impressed. The motor/spindle brake is amazing! This thing stops right now for sure. It would be nice if it had a large foot pedal for the brake, but that's really being knit picky.
The manual says to use 30wt machine oil in everything, but urban legend says either Labatt's or Molson in the headstock, gearbox and apron, with maple syrup for the ways....still trying to confirm that.
I had the motor wired so that pushing down on the apron controls engaged the motor in forward, then saw the manual says it's the other way around. I didn't even think about it because my Victor is down for forward....not so sure I want them to be opposite so I'll have to think about it and figure out if there are any reasons like motor cooling I couldn't leave it the way it is now. I also found out after the video below that they don't recommend the coarse feed range when running over 100rpm, which it was here and I think it was probably in a coarse range considering the hand wheel speed when I engaged the half nuts.
Time for a good cleaning, fresh lube all around and then get serious with some longer cuts, etc. A pic and a quick video...pretty sure it was at 700rpm and you can see how quickly the spindle stops.
View attachment IMG_7220.mov
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