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 Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject: Metal lathe observations |
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Most of my pre-retirement career was spent as a consulting engineer, but way, way back had some background in machine shops. About 15 years ago I purchased a metal lathe for my own basement shop. It is a 14" X 36" geared head with quick-change headstock gears and threading. I replaced the original single phase motor with a three phase for quick reversing.
The brand is Wey-Y11 from Taiwan where LOTS of this kind of machinery comes from. There are plenty of other brands, but you are rather tied to these sources if you want good bang for the buck. I remember spending about two grand for it back then. There are fairly good smaller belt-drive lathes available for much less. Try the search function on your computer or maybe even E-bay.
Hope that might be of some help. Paul S. Petersen, RV6A with son Eric, 99% done
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