wanted one for a looooong time

[Chevy1925]

Always wanted a lathe after using a friend of mines lathe for a few parts. so many times ive needed to turn things down or wanted a press fit to keep things straight and weld up. i had posted on a local forum im on about lathes and what to get when one of the guys called me and told me about a lathe his neightbor was selling (actually mulitple lathes/mills/ect, he was a machinist for years). he had a perfect sized lathe for me. 10"x36" bed Rockwell lathe that has been pretty well kept up (least that i can tell). Came with a ton of tooling, some stuff ill have to research how to use. Also need to change the original motor from 3 phase to a single phase. Im pretty stoked to have one finally!

some pics

i have lots of research to so :woott:

 

[clrussell]

Cool!

I need the time to play with one :rofl:

 

[yellowchevy]

Good work James!! You'll love it!! I've got a large bench top atlas and it needs a better base b/c it wobbles some.

Yellowchevy

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[WolfLMM]

Looks good. Did it come with the collet chuck and draw bar also? (I see the 5c collets)

 

[Chevy1925]

Looks good. Did it come with the collet chuck and draw bar also? (I see the 5c collets)

Yup! the collet chuck is standing up next to the tool rest in one pic. whats a draw bar? i am "machinist retarded" on terms :rofl:

 

[WolfLMM]

To tighten the collet chuck. Pulls the collet into the chuck.

 

[Chevy1925]

To tighten the collet chuck. Pulls the collet into the chuck.

ah yes i have that. i was confusing the draw bar with the chuck. i may have to look around for the chuck.

 

[WolfLMM]

Looks like you scored a lot of extras. Now make something cool and post some pics:woott:

 

[Chevy1925]

Looks like you scored a lot of extras. Now make something cool and post some pics:woott:

first up will be adapters to my CV axles on my tracker. that way i can run either 930 inner CV or a full toyota CV. i snap stock ones like twigs :roflmao:

 

[rcr1978]

You can pick up a cheap VFD off of Fleegay and run that 3 phase motor very easily no hp loss either. I did my lathe this way and it's worked great for the last couple of years. Motor was a oddball so it was not worth trying to replace, plus those cheap VFD's can be had for roughly $60.

 

[rcr1978]

Like this, looks like the price has gone up on them though. I'm a running a 3.5hp lathe and 5hp parts washer cabinet with this brand different size VFD's of course and they have done ok. I over sized them a little since they are China junk.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-2KW-220V-...812616?hash=item3cfcd45908:g:GwkAAOSw3ydVwbwf

 

[Chevy1925]

not worth it for this little guy. its a 3/4hp motor on it and i can pick up good used 3/4 motors in single phase for 40-50 bucks. i may go bigger if i can fit it. if it was a bigger lathe over 3hp, i probably would cause the 5hp single phase motor i picked up for my compressor was not cheap.