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Putting out a feeler to see if anyone would be interested. I've had this lathe since 2021 and have made some nice parts with it, it's just way too big for the kind of work I typically find myself using it for nowadays and it's eating up a lot of floor space in my shop.
Specs:
1944 Lodge and Shipley Model A, 14"x60"
Actual swing is 16.5"
L1 spindle taper, Morse #4 tailstock
5 hp motor, 3ph 240V
540 rpm max speed
Taper attachment
Weighs around 5400 lbs with an overall footprint of approximately 4' x 12'.
Comes with a bunch of tooling, including:
8" set-true 6 jaw chuck
16" 4 jaw chuck
12" 3 jaw chuck
Drill chucks / live center
Misc large diameter taper shank drills which are brand new.
With a motor or pulley swap, this machine is capable of 1080 rpm which would yield much better SFM for smaller work and/or carbide tools. At the time these were made, they used to offer them with two speed motors as an option to unlock the full speed range, but this machine unfortunately doesn't have that. I did change the gearbox oil once and based on how clean it was inside, I don't forsee any problem with spinning it up that high as long as you warm it up first and make sure the chuck is rated for it.
They don't build machines like this anymore and honestly I wish I had the time to restore it myself. This was built in the same factories that the old Monarchs were during a time when America was still trying to build things as well as they could possibly be done. The bed is not flame hardened but that makes it possible to hand scrape them back into shape yourself if someone with the skill and knowledge were so inclined. In test cuts that I've done, the taper was around .0015" over a 40" steel test bar without really trying to tweak tailstock alignment or machine leveling to the nth degree. Spindle runout as tested on a short gauge pin was .0001-.0002", so there's still a ton of life left in it.
I have a printed manual and some other documentation to go with it. More info can be found on vintage machinery's website here: http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/2104/15228.pdf
Hoping to find someone who has the interest and the time to keep this relic of American manufacturing alive. It deserves better than the scrap yard and the intermittent use I have for it here.
Machine is connected to power and operational if someone wanted to test it out prior to purchase. Let me know if you have any additional questions. Thank you
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