Not mine just came across it on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-10-SOUTH-...yZ104241QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-10-SOUTH-...yZ104241QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Nice big bore lathe
- Thread starter dbCustomCues
- Start date
I have one just like it. Was wondering what it would look like without the 1" thick layer of saw dust & chips on it.
I don't want to come off as negative towards the machine, I do own one, but rather to accurately convey what I know about it.
First, the price is a bit steep and it hasn't met the reserve yet. Plus it needs a belt. Truthfully, the long flat belts are a pain in the a$$.
The seller states that there is 31" of exposed threaded lead-screw. While that's true, the carriage doesn't travel that far. You have to be creative to work around it's limitations. The taper bar is nice but you're not going to use it. It's only 1 ft long. I've incorporated a 32" bar on mine.
SouthBend parts are outrageously expensive, I refuse to do business with them. My lead-screw 1/2 nuts are about shot. I'll revamp the entire lead-screw system before I give SouthBend the $150 they want for a set of 1/2 nuts.
The carriage heigth to spindle center is a bit tight but some tweaking & work-arounds will make it work. The lathe, as I received it, was set-up for 1/4" tooling. Nothing wrong with that for cue work, just illustrating this limitation.
I do no metal work whatsoever on this machine. It's dedicated to tapering and most of my sanding. I use a wood lathe for finish sanding handles.
The fact that it's 110V 1ph. may or may not be a bump in the road depending on it's intended use. For instance, instant-reverse is preferred for taping a blind hole. Both pins & inserts are set in blind holes. You'd need 3ph. for that. Though my machine is 220V 3ph., I have no use for instant-reverse given it's current assignment. Also, flat-belts aren't wild about instant-reverse.
No, all in all, it's not a bad little machine and I'm grateful to have mine. I guess the question is, does this machine meet YOUR requirements?
I don't want to come off as negative towards the machine, I do own one, but rather to accurately convey what I know about it.
First, the price is a bit steep and it hasn't met the reserve yet. Plus it needs a belt. Truthfully, the long flat belts are a pain in the a$$.
The seller states that there is 31" of exposed threaded lead-screw. While that's true, the carriage doesn't travel that far. You have to be creative to work around it's limitations. The taper bar is nice but you're not going to use it. It's only 1 ft long. I've incorporated a 32" bar on mine.
SouthBend parts are outrageously expensive, I refuse to do business with them. My lead-screw 1/2 nuts are about shot. I'll revamp the entire lead-screw system before I give SouthBend the $150 they want for a set of 1/2 nuts.
The carriage heigth to spindle center is a bit tight but some tweaking & work-arounds will make it work. The lathe, as I received it, was set-up for 1/4" tooling. Nothing wrong with that for cue work, just illustrating this limitation.
I do no metal work whatsoever on this machine. It's dedicated to tapering and most of my sanding. I use a wood lathe for finish sanding handles.
The fact that it's 110V 1ph. may or may not be a bump in the road depending on it's intended use. For instance, instant-reverse is preferred for taping a blind hole. Both pins & inserts are set in blind holes. You'd need 3ph. for that. Though my machine is 220V 3ph., I have no use for instant-reverse given it's current assignment. Also, flat-belts aren't wild about instant-reverse.
No, all in all, it's not a bad little machine and I'm grateful to have mine. I guess the question is, does this machine meet YOUR requirements?