Lathe (Only one you'll ever need!)

[swami4u]

:grin-square: Sorry!

It's a lathe i have had sitting around for YEARS. I have no need for it. It was used in a poolhall for repairs.

Needs cleaned up....
Motor runs fine
I will remove it from board, and ship it.

I want 1k, but will take a conversation SP in trade or???? :grin-square::grin-square::grin-square:

 

[NY9912]

deleted - 7/25/2020

 

[swami4u]

Yep, she's a beauty ...sure you didn't underprice it???

I have got 3 pms on this lathe already. All asking what it could be used for.
I won't miss lead people, so could an experianced builder please suggest
its use with proper upgrading? I know its not much, but it could be used for
something in a shop for sure. Please

Only thing i would figure, sand shafts, maybe wraps?

No, 8Ball....i think i set the price very fair! :grin-square:

 

[NY9912]

deleted - 7/25/2020

 

[swami4u]

Okay, sarcasm aside. This looks to be a wood lathe with a Taig scroll chuck installed. Not sure how much room there is between centers, but if ample it might work well for sanding, polishing, and with right motor perhaps wraps. Unless included, it will need a few different centers for the tail-stock to do all the above.

I suppose if someone was handy enough, they could fit a bearing steady rest to trim and shape tips as well.

Looks to me to be about 38"
The rails are 48" front to back.

i updated photos to give a better look. Some good players used this lathe to do tips and cleaning. They also used it for full length cue work too. Its all cast and heavy. It would look cool cleaned up for sure. Thxs 8 ball for the info.

 

[galipeau]

Okay, sarcasm aside. This looks to be a wood lathe with a Taig scroll chuck installed. Not sure how much room there is between centers, but if there's enough it might work for sanding, polishing, and with right motor wraps. Unless included, it will need a few different centers for the tail-stock to do all the above./QUOTE]

It's a wood lathe, Dan is spot on. Don't get me wrong, you can ask whatever you want for it, but there are other setups out there that have a much broader spectrum of features. Does this even come with driver pins, live centers, etc?

 

[swami4u]

The 1000.00 was a joke! I have been around pool halls for 30 years, you really think i would ask 1k for this thing? :grin:

I will take a plain SP for it or a cash offer. I just want the thing to be used.

 

[nineballer6977]

lathe location

where is this located so I could kinda figure shipping
Thanks
Brett

 

[swami4u]

where is this located so I could kinda figure shipping
Thanks
Brett

I'm going to clean it up tonight, take it off the board, and package it for shipping. Who needs a cool little old lathe for sanding etc....?
I got the shipping on this one.

Not looking for a bushka' just a good hitting cue. No cheapo production cues.
I will add a little $$ for the right cue. Pm offers

 

[Thomas Wayne]

I have got 3 pms on this lathe already. All asking what it could be used for.
I won't miss lead people, so could an experianced builder please suggest
its use with proper upgrading? I know its not much, but it could be used for
something in a shop for sure. Please

Only thing i would figure, sand shafts, maybe wraps?

No, 8Ball....i think i set the price very fair! :grin-square:

I have some experience building cues - and building the machinery needed to build cues... so I feel comfortable answering your question about what it could be used for.

1) It would make an okay anchor for a small skiff but you can buy a much better one at West Marine for about $35, or

2)... ummmm... see #1

That's about all I can come up with. In a word, it's junk. If you offered it to me for FREE I would decline, and to imagine you can find any serious cuemaker to pay money for it is laughable - unless you find a real sucker, in which case the joke will be on him.

TW

 

[swami4u]

I have some experience building cues - and building the machinery needed to build cues... so I feel comfortable answering your question about what it could be used for.

1) It would make an okay anchor for a small skiff but you can buy a much better one at West Marine for about $35, or

2)... ummmm... see #1

That's about all I can come up with. In a word, it's junk. If you offered it to me for FREE I would decline, and to imagine you can find any serious cuemaker to pay money for it is laughable - unless you find a real sucker, in which case the joke will be on him.

TW

My reply to this????

TROLL

:scratchhead:


Anyone that wants a cheap starter option for sanding or maybe wraps, let me know. It's just getting rusty in the basement. And no, your not a sucker for needing a cheapo, getting started lathe, for basic sanding etc....And i should not be accused of trying to find a sucker to basically give this thing away...
I said i would cover shipping, Prob. around 80.00 for a 150 sp????




Thomas Wayne....The guy who called all you poor, new, future, cue makers suckers.. is the same guy that spends 100's of thousands on cnc machines to build your cue and spit it out the backside complete. Like he has skill, his skills are in cnc, and guess what, they all hit like a watered logged noddle.
His cues always had a soft hit.....

Cheap production cue quality maple, soft, but with unreal inlay work. This high end inlay work hides the fact, the core and shafts are d rate wood at best. Hard to see with all that 100000 axis cnc work hiding it. Are they artistic, you bet your a((!
Where they ever respected by true players as playing cues, that had a reputation like Jenson/SW, for example, never....only rep they had was a art cue, not a player cue. Big difference.

Just in case Thomas don't understand, i don't appreciate begin accused for, seeking out a sucker....Could care less that he thinks this lathe is a boat anchor, for someone just starting out, poor, with a dream, this boat anchor lathe can be hosted, cleaned up, and used again! And can still be had for just about nothing.....Silly me, offering something to a new cue builder, for nothing, instead of just throwing it away....Silly me

Thomas Wayne Wrote: "That's about all I can come up with. In a word, it's junk. If you offered it to me for FREE I would decline, and to imagine you can find any serious cuemaker to pay money for it is laughable - unless you find a real sucker, in which case the joke will be on him"

It ain't junk for a person just starting out, and we all know you got your nose way up in the air, looking down on the little people, like your some forum hotshot.
Slip off your soap box, and break something. Please.....

 

[cueman]

It looks like someone bought at least a chuck and cross-slide from me many years ago to set it up for tips and ferrules. The aluminum plate is there for the cross-slide, but the cross-slide is missing. The steady rest for the left side is also not there. Like it is it is good for sanding and cleaning shafts. Look around and you might find the extras that have been removed.

 

[swami4u]

It looks like someone bought at least a chuck and cross-slide from me many years ago to set it up for tips and ferrules. The aluminum plate is there for the cross-slide, but the cross-slide is missing. The steady rest for the left side is also not there. Like it is it is good for sanding and cleaning shafts. Look around and you might find the extras that have been removed.

Thanks i have had it prob. 15+ years.....not sure i'm finding anything for it now. HA! :smile:

Pm me what parts are needed + cost, to do just tips & sanding, with what i have. I will restore it, and sell it for what i have in it (new parts from you)+ 100 + shipping. That way you get a sale, a newbi cue repair person gets a cool little lathe, and i get it out of my basement. I will find a youngster, just starting out in repair to ship it too, something along those lines. Silly me huh? :smile:


I think with the right parts added, it will make someone a sweet little beginner lathe for 300 or so. the chuck can open wide enough to hold a cue butt, so maybe more options then having a small bore.....Not sure.

 

[swami4u]

Anyone care to take the time suggesting how i should go about cleaning this thing up? I want to remove the surface rust, re polish, grease anything needing it, etc etc. Maybe i'll make a new thread titled:

"Restoring a boat anchor' turning it into a shaft cleaning machine, making a newbi repair guy happy, for under 300.00... without sounding like a stuck up jerk!



Only problem is the basic cue repair lathes from you and ts&b etc etc... are all much nicer for around the same $$$. Anything thing this can do, those cant at around 300.00. But it wont matter, i'm going to restore it anyhoo' fun little project.

 

[galipeau]

I guess the joke was over my head. Things can be easily misread, so I hope you didn't take offense.

It looks like the motor is reversible, but is it a variable speed?

 

[swami4u]

I guess the joke was over my head. Things can be easily misread, so I hope you didn't take offense.

It looks like the motor is reversible, but is it a variable speed?

No offense at all,

I think you change the speed by which ring you put the belt on. You can see i'm about 100% clueless on this one. :grin-square: so bear with me. My main goal was to get the thing into someones hands that could use it, instead of throwing it away. it has now grown into a full blown money pit restoration,
just because i think it would look cool working again! Plus one mans junk is another mans.......haha

 

[Thomas Wayne]

My reply to this????

TROLL

It's JUNK - pure and simple. I can't imagine a single cuemaking operating - even basic sanding - that it would be truly suitable for.

But I realize from the rest of your post you pretty much don't know a damn thing about cuemaking or CNC, and are forced to resort to personal insults instead. Doesn't change the fact that what you're trying to peddle here is junk, junk, junk.

TW
(PS: It's junk.)

 

[swami4u]

It's JUNK - pure and simple. I can't imagine a single cuemaking operating - even basic sanding - that it would be truly suitable for.

But I realize from the rest of your post you pretty much don't know a damn thing about cuemaking or CNC, and are forced to resort to personal insults instead. Doesn't change the fact that what you're trying to peddle here is junk, junk, junk.

TW
(PS: It's junk.)

Your right, don't claim to make cues.
Don't claim to know lathes
Don't claim to know cnc

But i do know a troll when i read one. No feed zone....

 

[cueman]

Thanks i have had it prob. 15+ years.....not sure i'm finding anything for it now. HA! :smile:

Pm me what parts are needed + cost, to do just tips & sanding, with what i have. I will restore it, and sell it for what i have in it (new parts from you)+ 100 + shipping. That way you get a sale, a newbi cue repair person gets a cool little lathe, and i get it out of my basement. I will find a youngster, just starting out in repair to ship it too, something along those lines. Silly me huh? :smile:


I think with the right parts added, it will make someone a sweet little beginner lathe for 300 or so. the chuck can open wide enough to hold a cue butt, so maybe more options then having a small bore.....Not sure.

The Cross slide will run you a couple of hundred.

 

[Thomas Wayne]

Your right, don't claim to make cues.
Don't claim to know lathes
Don't claim to know cnc

But i do know a troll when i read one. No feed zone....

I'm quite sure anyone who dares to disagree with you instantly becomes a "troll"... in your mind.

But again - and there's really no getting around it - that lathe is junk. Do the world a favor... pull off the few usable parts and scrap the rest.

TW