Since the hamb is the only place I exist besides insta, im posting this up in hopes of some knowledge. Since this board has more diverse expertise than anyplace on the fkn planet, Im hoping the mods will tolerate this "o/t" thread for a day or so untill it disappears into the void. Any information, tech, history, use, humor... whatevr u got. Tell me its a piece of **** if thats ur take. Im $500 in with a pile of lathe/ mill tooling and a bunch of dope **** i can post up (like a mini degreed lathe type head for a bridgeport with a half dozen indexable inserts, very high end and "pretty", **** i haven't used in 25 years) along with a nice 70s air compressor, and a killer 70s hi/ fi and some american acoustics. Gentleman was building tiny steam and hit/ miss(?) engines in his ba*****t machine shop. I got the s****s. Thanks to all who respond Edit: Yes I googled that ****, but honestly, **** google. I come to the experts....
I like it! Chuck up a piece of material and see what she’s got you might find out it’s accurate the old stuff is usually better than the new
Better then nothing ,most time you find you all way's need a bigger one I have 1925 & 31 . If leather belt brakes dis***emble use a serpentine belt installed backwards on the flat side, & save the unique pin that looks like a camshaft that laces the belt together, can be hard to find , The new fiber belts I feel junk , my opinion
+1 on using a serpentine belt, that was the best thing I did to my 9' South Bend. The only bad thing about buying your first lathe is now you will need a small mill. What you got looks good! set it up and have fun.
I see it has Babbitt bearings in the headstock. If you grab 'hold of the chuck, how much lateral play is there? Up/down, side/side.......If none, great. Lantern-style tool post. I got a quick-change for my 40's vintage Atlas/Craftsman, but I'm not so sure you can get one small enough for that little benchtop tool. (Then, too, I haven't investigated it.) Either way, HotRodPowell is right......those older tools were a good piece of kit. Many a B-17 bomber part was whipped out on them during WW2. Roger
When I got my lathe, I wondered how I lived without one for so long. If I had the space, next would be a milling machine.
Good score. A lathe is one of those tools you don't know how useful it is till you have it. I bought this little one for ten bucks at a garage sale. It doesn't look like much but I have made all kinds of stuff with it for me and my buddies.
By pic , looks to able to adjust the Babbitt bearing, with in reason,. There are mill attachments for tool post. & there are 3 & 6 self adjusting chuck, Keep the off set chuck , unique things can be done with that chuck. There also small micro chucks and you can make your own adapters. When mountain 1 inch or thicker to a bench /table make sure you level and shim evenly , slowly on all four corners as you tighten it down.
Thats a pretty cool old machine! You will find many uses I'm sure. Did you get a 4 jaw chuck with it? 3 jaw is almost never dead accurate if working on an existing piece, good for when turning both inside and outside, like a bushing though. I have a 14" clausing, but always thought it would be nice to have a little bench top for small stuff
My thoughts exactly on the serpentines. My plan was to shorten everything up too. Why inside out/ beads out?
That's a way better/ user friendly set up than this thing. Not sure on accuracy tho. If I read it right I gots to oil, like maybe 9 spots on this thing b4 it hit the switch.
You know it. Ive been ******* a bridgport my whole life till i got out of pattern work 2 years ago. Missed the mill by 2 days or Ida walked right past this relic
I gots all the gears, 3 and 4 jaw, and a collet set with a half dozen collets. I also got 2 fixture style heads that are limitless.
What do I got fellas. Familiar with most but always up for new information. Not a clue on pick 4... wtf is this set up?? Speak up!!
Thank u. Never checked but its solid. Not a lick of lash. Whole machines tighter than tight. Im a shovelhead guy so I dont even know **** about babbit bearings. I kno of them. Post up some info if u like. Thx again
Adjust how? Im sure I could figure but ur in the know. I am versed in machine setup and have a pile of shimstock. Appreciate the post because its currently on an old table with zero shims. Thats part of the charm tho. Might leave as is if it cuts true. If u knew the guy I got it from id bet he wouldn't accept anything less than damn near perfect.
The first 3 pics I saw I thought what a piece of ****, than I saw pic 4 and went WOW, a mechanical piece of art!
That's a high quality lathe from the golden age of English model making. The previous owner invested a lot of money and was obviously a committed machinist.
Just the right size for hobby use, small enough to fit anywhere, big enough to handle descent size pieces.
I got a 1945 Logan lathe with the leather belt. I was going to replace it with a serpentine rubber belt and when I first got it I had a old machinist friend ask me "how many hours you got on a lathe?" I told him 4 hours, he laughed and said " leave the leather belt on there, when you screw up the belt has a better chance of slipping and saving your machine and tooling when you crash it and at some point you probably will" So it still has the leather belt and never had a problem with it yet, but I've never crashed it either ! Funny thing, I put an electric motor on my bead roller, ordered parts, parts come in and I find the pulleys are .020 smaller than the bead roller shaft. I'm standing at the bench thinking how can I do this ? I thought about a 80 grit head porting roll, a reamer, hand sanding it etc, 10 minutes into thought process I turn around and go DOH ! Idiot !! You own a lathe !! 20 minutes later I had the pulley on the bead roller... ...
The lathe wax the best tool I never knew I needed. Got mine in 2019 and use it a lot. Would like to eventually move up to one a bit bigger. You can’t buy anything like that around here for $500.
Appreciated. Ive been in the trades for 25 years but im a bridgeport guy. From the smallest up to 6' haas machines as a toolpather. Not to sound arrogant but i been around. But I ran a lathe for 2 years 25 years ago. And it was nothing like this machine. Solid advice. Thank u
The man himself. Curt Schlueter. 81 years young and still in the wind. P***ed earlier this year. 20 years ago I worked at a v twin/ machine shop with some smart mfkrs. When we had some trick ****, or some cast iron we didn't wanna fk up we called Curt. He'd come in low key as fk and take on whatevr. We all know guys like this, or moreover, a guy like this. One. I been in this **** 30 years and wouldn't even know where to begin. I got some of his homemade manually machined aluminum cope/ drags thatd knock ur socks off. No ********. Respect
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