05-16-2015, 09:50 AM
Thanks Guys 
Ken - as always your advise and experience was greatly appreciated. I am really looking forward to getting this in my shop. Yes the jib crane comes with it. He also gave me a 5 gallon pail of soluble cutting oil. I think he has only used a quart of it, as it is almost full to the top. There is also a 12-5/8" x 10" x 6" (1-9/16" thick) angle plate, which is on the pallet as well and is now mine.
Greg - to be honest, I spent so much time trying to get the feed working when I was there that I completely forgot to measure the swing and distance between centres etc.
Ed - I'm not sure if Mr Google is 100% accurate there, as (unless I screwed up) the top speed is 1000 RPM. If it is 1500 RPM then I will be happier than a pig in sh!t, as that more than triples my current lathe.
The manual I bought shows that there are four models (1250, 1750, 2500 and 3000) which may indicate different bed lengths but I really am unsure about that. I know the OAL of this lathe is 4m, as I was worried as to whether I would be able to put it into the spot that I had planned to put my current lathe. The data in the DIN spindle shows the centre height for the gap and the bed but again, I need to verify this.
The manual shows a lathe than must be the model after mine, as it shows a one-shot lube on the carriage, where mine has oil nipples and the threading dial doesn't seem to have been an option with mine, as there are no bolt holes for it. The exploded diagram states Mk III, so I'm guessing mine is a MK II or possibly a MK I.
There is a filler piece that can be removed to make the gap bigger for larger capacity work.
Ken - as always your advise and experience was greatly appreciated. I am really looking forward to getting this in my shop. Yes the jib crane comes with it. He also gave me a 5 gallon pail of soluble cutting oil. I think he has only used a quart of it, as it is almost full to the top. There is also a 12-5/8" x 10" x 6" (1-9/16" thick) angle plate, which is on the pallet as well and is now mine.
Greg - to be honest, I spent so much time trying to get the feed working when I was there that I completely forgot to measure the swing and distance between centres etc.
Ed - I'm not sure if Mr Google is 100% accurate there, as (unless I screwed up) the top speed is 1000 RPM. If it is 1500 RPM then I will be happier than a pig in sh!t, as that more than triples my current lathe.
The manual I bought shows that there are four models (1250, 1750, 2500 and 3000) which may indicate different bed lengths but I really am unsure about that. I know the OAL of this lathe is 4m, as I was worried as to whether I would be able to put it into the spot that I had planned to put my current lathe. The data in the DIN spindle shows the centre height for the gap and the bed but again, I need to verify this.
The manual shows a lathe than must be the model after mine, as it shows a one-shot lube on the carriage, where mine has oil nipples and the threading dial doesn't seem to have been an option with mine, as there are no bolt holes for it. The exploded diagram states Mk III, so I'm guessing mine is a MK II or possibly a MK I.
There is a filler piece that can be removed to make the gap bigger for larger capacity work.
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