Arlo lathes, what's their origin
Hi All, we're in for a new conventional lathe of app. 25"x 80". one of the contenders is Arlo, which is an unknown brand to me. I guess they come from China, but I'm not sure. any expierence with those...
View ArticleArlo lathes, what's their origin
Hi All, we're in for a new conventional lathe of app. 25"x 80". one of the contenders is Arlo, which is an unknown brand to me. I guess they come from China, but I'm not sure. any expierence with those...
View ArticleHES / Cholet 500 1.6 weight and info?
Hi I went and looked at this lathe to day and liked it. It's a little bigger than we were looking for but that's usually better than to small. This is the first one of these I have seen so I'd like...
View ArticleEMCO FB-2 Taiwanese copy for sale
I am selling my EMCO FB-2 Taiwanese copy milling machine, 100% exactly copy as the original, 220Volts, 1phase, cross-table, rohm drill chuck, original tooling and handbook asking: $2000. I am in...
View ArticleWeiler 280 spindle thread?
Does anyone here quickly recall what spindle nose thread these lathes have? I do have one of these lathes, stored and slightly inaccessible, and I'd like to know. I assume it is something like a 45 by...
View Articlegraziano SAG 508 compound dial
After having this machine for a few years I noticed my compound dial reads diameter and my cross slide reads radius. I have seen the odd machine that had dials read diameters but never mixed. Is mine...
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Is this a rare Schaublin??? South Africa
This machine was bought 20 yrs ago and totally rebuilt by my father. It has been a working machine since then and is a wonderful machine to use for delicate work. Has a a feeling like no other machine...
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who has info on a rare Hahn&Klob lathe????? (South Africa)
Hello all My father bought this Hahn&Kolb about 30yrs ago and has been in a state of rebuild for many years now. We know very little about the lathe and google comes up with nothing. We would love...
View ArticleWasino Toolroom lathe -Whelp?
I recently went out to the home ofc. in Cali, and was walking thru the shop and noticed a bunch of these lathes. No model # but they had a plaque of alittle cartoon dog with the word WHELP next to it....
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PTC lathe from India
This is a PTC turret lathe from India # M/C 020-002 came with some tooling and collet closer the 3 jaw chuck is 4" buck type form Japan. Has a 1/2 hp dc motor speeds up to 4000 rpm missing some parts...
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Had the Schaublin 160 it's own orginal starwheel-tailstock?
The 160's I've found on the internet all seems to have a 135 tailstock. Clearly viseable on this one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mouthaa...7621822832676/ Does someone has documentation about this? Or...
View ArticleWeiler lathe getting too hot
Hi I have a Weiler MDU lathe. Sorry the picture uploader wont create the binary file, so here is af picasa link: https://plus.google.com/photos/10661...49003418734411 The spindle bearing has some green...
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For Sale? Schaublin 102-VM
Any Interest? Located in SoCal Very Nice Schaublin very minimal backlash. Everything is extremely tight. 3 phase, works great. Change Gears, spare worm gear, indexer, collet closer (no collets) tool...
View Articlemori seiki sl-2 yasnac control turret problem
I have a friend with a mori seiki sl-2 that when he got the machine it had parts stole off it like the x axis ref switch and hyd hoses. He has put new switch and hyd hoses. and the turret indexed once...
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Found my Graziano
I've been looking for a lathe for my shop for many years now. Looked at lots of lathes from many manufacturers and from complete basket cases to very nice examples but never found the right one or the...
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Machine day: They got their new ones, I got my new one
Some months ago I bought a VDF DUE 560 from a company who ordered 2 new Colchesters. Monday the new machines were delivered and I got my VDF. Loading was easy due to huge forklift. Unloading gave me a...
View ArticleSchaublin 125 Ebay auction
Normally I believe it's not allowed to start a post about an active Ebay item but this one has gone already so far I don't think it does not matter any more. This is the subject: SCHÄUBLIN 125...
View ArticleGraziano SAG 17 question
Hello, Today I looked at a Graziano SAG17 lathe for sale locally here in Arizona. The machine appeared to be in reasonably decent shape, though I am a newbie to metalworking machine tools (woodworking...
View ArticleEMCO "microlathe" for the price of a small VMC
Hi, Saw this Unimat 3 on ipay: Emco Unimat 3 Lathe with Extremely RARE Wooden Cabinet Plus Tons of Accessories | eBay I suspect the seller thinks that it's a Hardinge or equivalent...
View ArticleSAG 14 rescue?
No affiliation with the seller here just came across this and thought one of you might save it, after the layers of bird shit are cleaned off! The Grazianos do seem to be kind of legendary to me...
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