lathe on craigslist pretty cheap
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It is a decent price, but that is a wood lathe. Being a wood lathe, it would most likely only be used for sanding/polishing/finishing, or a really big holder/vice for miscellaneous stuff. Given that, it is a bit large and heavy to warrant having it take up the space.
Kelly
That and the fact that it's 3 phase make it a bigger project, to make functional for any cue operations. It'd be a great lathe for a bowl turner or spindle maker, if you had 3 phase electric available.
just more hot air!
Sherm
How much is it?
OOPS! Now I see the price. Looks like a hell of a lathe for cleaning/sanding/polishing of shafts and butts plus it could be used to turn down square work to round very quickly which is really what it is designed for. Metal working lathes are used and needed for their precision in cue work but they are slow compared to a machine that is actually designed for that type of work.
Dick
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Sherm,
I don't know about you but I find 3ph to be a HUGE plus for cue work.
Instant reverse is the nuts particularly for tapping a blind hole.
I guess to each his own.
As Sherm mentioned, you'll have to have 3ph service to your shop or invest in a phase converter. I highly recommend rotary over static.
I agree, if you have 3 phase available. A rotary phase converter is a lot better that the static one as KJ mentioned. The static converters eat up at least 1/3 of the horsepower of the 3 phase motor being converted. I usually replace the 3 phase motors with 220V single phase motors on equipment I purchase with 3 PH power previously. It's a little trickier hooking up a drum switch to reverse the motor, but it gets the job done and a new motor is usually cheaper than a phase converter, if you know where to look.
just more hot air!
Sherm
You can buy phase converter:wink:
If you have 220 single phase available and almost everyone does, probably the easiest and most cost efficient way is to just buy a VFD off of e-bay. They sell cheaply there and will give true full power 3 phase, variable speed, instant reverse and up to 3 times the motors stated RPM. It is the absolute best of both worlds with none of the draw backs. One thing must be remembered with any instant reverse however is that if you have a screw on chuck or back plate, hitting reverse while running forward at any higher RPMs can send your chuck across the room, through the wall, up the steps and chase your dog down the street.
Dick
Dick
that lathes not far from you, just in newark. if i hadnt shot a huge load of cash this past week on another lathe and materials, i would pick this up.
Yeah, I seen that. I'm just to old and have quit buying equipment or I would have jumped on it. Anyone young enough so as to be around for a while and could get some use out of it should jump on it. There are some things I've spent money on that I have not nor probably will ever use. A new joiner, a 16/32" drum sander and a few other things, even a 16X16 CNC that I had intended to modify. I've got a large, free standing sand blaster that I bought about 5 years ago and it's never been plugged in.
Dick