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10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:24 pm
by Vermont Freehand
just paid for her and gonna pick her up within the next few days
South Bend 10K, just redone, new bearings, no wear, some tooling
lathe weighs about 500-700 pounds and is on a 300 pound base, hopefully that'll hold her down, may have to build a bigger base?
turret will be very handy for pipe kits (drilling about 150-200 a month)
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:37 pm
by caskwith
Damn I am jealous!
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:05 pm
by Alden
Wow shes beautiful !
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:51 pm
by birba
So you have been drilling all these pipe kits with a drill press?
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:08 pm
by BigCasino
looks nice , bet you cant wait to cut some briar!
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:52 pm
by andrew
Holy crap Steve. That's a beautiful machine!
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:01 pm
by Vermont Freehand
birba wrote:So you have been drilling all these pipe kits with a drill press?
been using an old shopsmith from the 50's as a horizontal drill press basically, with a 3 axis vise bolted to the table. It's a powerhouse and has drilled thousands of pipe kits and maybe a couple hundred finished pipes. Can't wait to get everything ready for the new lathe. It will take a little while getting the right tooling I want, and then a hundred or so hours searching this forum and the internet to find the info I need to tame this beast.
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:09 pm
by Alden
Vermont Freehand wrote: It will take a little while getting the right tooling I want, and then a hundred or so hours searching this forum and the internet to find the info I need to tame this beast.
Using a metal lathe is mostly intuitive once you've played with it a bit. Theres a lot to learn, but most of it only makes sense after using the machine. My brain starts to melt after too much technical jargon.
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:12 pm
by D Marshall
That IS nice, looks too good to use and get dirty. If I had it I would put it in my living room and just look at it.
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:14 pm
by birba
Vermont Freehand wrote:birba wrote:So you have been drilling all these pipe kits with a drill press?
been using an old shopsmith from the 50's as a horizontal drill press basically, with a 3 axis vise bolted to the table. It's a powerhouse and has drilled thousands of pipe kits and maybe a couple hundred finished pipes. Can't wait to get everything ready for the new lathe. It will take a little while getting the right tooling I want, and then a hundred or so hours searching this forum and the internet to find the info I need to tame this beast.
I see. Well, congrats to the new lathe!
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:09 am
by pipeguy
Steve nothing like a heavy 10 , you are gonna love that turret.I can.t live without mine
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:43 am
by Charl
Hmmm! Nice!
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:15 am
by rijks
Just imagine what it could be if you were waiting 20 years
Congrat'
Best regards,
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:05 pm
by wdteipen
Dang that's an awesome lathe. Congrats, Steve!
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:23 pm
by d.huber
Suhweet! Congrats!
Re: 10 years later, finally getting a lathe
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:07 pm
by maddis
I got a really nice guitar I'd trade you for that machine.
On second thought... Nah. I wanna watch you bond with it.
