Feeler Turret Lathe FTS-27

JoeyInCali said:
Damn!
That's a great lathe for pinning and facing.

You could paint over "Feeler", write "Hardinge" on it and fool lots of people too !

Dave
 
DaveK said:
You could paint over "Feeler", write "Hardinge" on it and fool lots of people too !

Dave
Hehehehe.
Feeler was the lathe Dan Janes setup for Falcon, wun't it?
Joey~Wishes he can carry 2500 lbs. `
 
JoeyInCali said:
Hehehehe.
Feeler was the lathe Dan Janes setup for Falcon, wun't it?
Joey~Wishes he can carry 2500 lbs. `

That the one that Duc had for sale a few months back ?

I'd take one if offered, or a Sharp for that matter.

Dave
 
DaveK said:
That the one that Duc had for sale a few months back ?

I'd take one if offered, or a Sharp for that matter.

Dave
Yup.
A turret though.
I'd just take a dovetail tailstock.
 
itsjustjay said:
Does that mean never touched by human hands?

Seriously though, that is one fine machine!

I believe those are called second operation lathes. Not really sure what the term means though.
Second operation means it does limited things very efficently, but will not do everything like a full blown metal lathe will. Although this lathe won't do everything, it does many things much faster than a metal lathe. For instance I have a turret lathe in my shop and I can set the material to length, center drill, drill, glue relief hole drill, tap and part off a threaded ferrule in less than one minute from solid rod stock. Like I said it won't do everything, but those secondary operations it will do, it does really fast.
 
Wish it wasn't in AZ that is a long trip again. Especially with diesel at 409 yikes..
 
cueman said:
Second operation means it does limited things very efficently, but will not do everything like a full blown metal lathe will. Although this lathe won't do everything, it does many things much faster than a metal lathe. For instance I have a turret lathe in my shop and I can set the material to length, center drill, drill, glue relief hole drill, tap and part off a threaded ferrule in less than one minute from solid rod stock. Like I said it won't do everything, but those secondary operations it will do, it does really fast.

Thanks for the info Chris.

J
 
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