Let's See Your Lathe

[Mike E.]

(09-10-2016, 02:33 PM)TomG Wrote: It is a cute little lathe, Mike (Can I say that?). My favorite lathes have always had integral cabinets, South Bend, Clausing, Hardinge, etc .

Did you get any tooling with it?

Tom

Yeah, my favorite lathe was my 14" x 48" Clausing, a 4900 series model which I reluctantly sold when deciding to downsize for retirement; but life changes, and so do needs.
The Boxford came with a 4 jaw and two 3 jaw chucks, face plate, catch plate, 3C collet adapter with thread protector, steady & follower rests, two tool posts, 3/8" Jacobs tailstock chuck, live center, oil & grease guns, some 2MT drill bits and a variety of cutters. Also included were several indicators, micrometers, and some unrelated tools.

[schor]

Nice lathe and bench for it.

Didn't John Mills also have a boxford before?

[Mike E.]

The cabinet stand its mounted on is made of steel plate and is quite robust. The left side of the cabinet houses the motor assembly, the center compartment is set up for a coolant pump unit, and the right side has shelves and a rack for accessories.

I believe John's Boxford was the long bed version, but not sure if it was a 4 1/2" or 5" ( nine or ten inch ) swing model. The one I have is designated as the 4 1/2" ( nine inch ).

[TomG]

I always liked the Clausing 5900. It was a good size and had variable speed. When I taught high school, that was the lathe of choice, so I got to know them inside and out.

Tom

[Mike E.]

It was a very user friendly machine. I saved my Aloris tool post kit and dial travel indicator, but other than that, it went as a turn key package with the lever collet closer and all the standard accessories. Here is a photo of it on skids ready to go.

[Dr Stan]

Here's a pic of my Logan 14 X 30 just after I set it on my shop floor.  Since then I've added a DRO and a tachometer and built a RPC.  It came with the Buck Thru adjust 6 jaw and I've added 12" and 8" 4 jaw chucks, a collet chuck, and a coolant system.

Sweet machine as it was bought new & used by a one man shop.  As best as I can determine its one of the last Logans produced.  Two motor speeds plus backgears gives it 4 speed ranges.

[Mike E.]

That's a nice machine Stan. Does it have a large spindle bore ?

[Dr Stan]

(09-10-2016, 05:56 PM)Mike E. Wrote: That's a nice machine Stan. Does it have a large spindle bore ?

Its larger than the 14 1/2" SB it replaced.  It's a D-4 mount, but none of the spindle nose spec sheets had any indication of the bore size.  It's too late tonight so hopefully I'll remember to check it tomorrow afternoon.

Off the top of my head I'd guess its around 1.375".

[PixMan]

Nice lathe Dr. Stan. There's a few other folks here who own Logan lathes so you're joining good company.

[Dr Stan]

Yes the Logans were an industrial grade machine, far stouter than the SBs.  My SBs were quite long in the tooth so I no longer have to use "wind-age" for anything closer than .005"  Holding .0005" is not difficult with the Logan.

BTW, the spindle bore is 1.625" or 41.275 mm in the civilized measuring system.