10 years later, finally getting a lathe

Vermont Freehand · Post by **Vermont Freehand** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:24 pm

just paid for her and gonna pick her up within the next few days
South Bend 10K, just redone, new bearings, no wear, some tooling
lathe weighs about 500-700 pounds and is on a 300 pound base, hopefully that'll hold her down, may have to build a bigger base?
turret will be very handy for pipe kits (drilling about 150-200 a month)

caskwith · Post by **caskwith** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:37 pm

Damn I am jealous!

Alden · Post by **Alden** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:05 pm

Wow shes beautiful !

birba · Post by **birba** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:51 pm

So you have been drilling all these pipe kits with a drill press?

BigCasino · Post by **BigCasino** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:08 pm

looks nice , bet you cant wait to cut some briar!

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:52 pm

Holy crap Steve. That's a beautiful machine!

Vermont Freehand · Post by **Vermont Freehand** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:01 pm

birba wrote:So you have been drilling all these pipe kits with a drill press?

been using an old shopsmith from the 50's as a horizontal drill press basically, with a 3 axis vise bolted to the table. It's a powerhouse and has drilled thousands of pipe kits and maybe a couple hundred finished pipes. Can't wait to get everything ready for the new lathe. It will take a little while getting the right tooling I want, and then a hundred or so hours searching this forum and the internet to find the info I need to tame this beast.

Alden · Post by **Alden** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:09 pm

Vermont Freehand wrote: It will take a little while getting the right tooling I want, and then a hundred or so hours searching this forum and the internet to find the info I need to tame this beast.

Using a metal lathe is mostly intuitive once you've played with it a bit. Theres a lot to learn, but most of it only makes sense after using the machine. My brain starts to melt after too much technical jargon.

D Marshall · Post by **D Marshall** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:12 pm

That IS nice, looks too good to use and get dirty. If I had it I would put it in my living room and just look at it.

birba · Post by **birba** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:14 pm

Vermont Freehand wrote:
birba wrote:So you have been drilling all these pipe kits with a drill press?
been using an old shopsmith from the 50's as a horizontal drill press basically, with a 3 axis vise bolted to the table. It's a powerhouse and has drilled thousands of pipe kits and maybe a couple hundred finished pipes. Can't wait to get everything ready for the new lathe. It will take a little while getting the right tooling I want, and then a hundred or so hours searching this forum and the internet to find the info I need to tame this beast.

I see. Well, congrats to the new lathe!

pipeguy · Post by **pipeguy** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:09 am

Steve nothing like a heavy 10 , you are gonna love that turret.I can.t live without mine

Charl · Post by **Charl** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:43 am

Hmmm! Nice!

rijks · Post by **rijks** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:15 am

Just imagine what it could be if you were waiting 20 years

Congrat'

Best regards,

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:05 pm

Dang that's an awesome lathe. Congrats, Steve!

d.huber · Post by **d.huber** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:23 pm

Suhweet! Congrats!

maddis · Post by **maddis** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:07 pm

I got a really nice guitar I'd trade you for that machine.

On second thought... Nah. I wanna watch you bond with it.

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