Thread: New lathe

Hey guys check out my new lathe 140 sm 250 kg looks much better in real and it is very good condition
My other lathe is similar and works every day 2 hours at least hahha ha
It has reserve pair of brass bushings and a a special stand for long thin rods mashining How is the word - it is Lunet on Bulgatrian Anyway a deal and will be runing soon with 2.2 kw motor wich is 4 horse powers i think Enjoy

very nice, i dream of owning a metal lathe some day myself. Congrats!

It is not hard just find a old one in a good condition weld a methal table Make it on parts and clean , repair and paint it Lubrication , new motor and adjustments Here you have a new methal lathe

No one believes in corrosion control anymore, that's how our military Aircraft stay in the sky and how our small arms keep firing. That thing needs to have the electric motor taken off and everything else can go into a car dip tank, a lot of work on that lathe. Is your camera from the future? Lol.

We will see after i tare it a part bolt by bot clean it , sand blast it passe it throu anti rust ortophosphoric acid . polish the bedways with methall wool , painte it and assemble it with a quality grease and oil
After a some adjustements it will be like brand new and there is nothing broken in it it is cast iron and the bushings are brass It came with a extra spindle pair iof bushings
Now it worth every penny from the near 380 dolars i paid for it shiping included
It will survive me a after me someone else will work on it .no matter that is manifactured the 20 or 30 years of the century
The teeth of the weels for the threads is 1.5 modul so with one teeth cuting tooland a rod of cast iron i can make the missing weels for the threads and this will cost me 100 bucs for the instrument and the material at the worst case scenario
its a beast - they dont make those bad pupies anymore It is class of its own
A chubby buldog version 140 smeters or 56 inch long with 160 mm chuck TOZ
It need 4 or 5 Horse powermotor to feed it Its small tyranosaum For a man that can work the lathe gave big opportunitys for home mashining

A nice find! You have the correct attitude for renewing it. Complete tear-down...with photographs along the way of each assembly..and connector. Ooh, don't make my mistake of assembling the spindle into the headstock without first putting the drive-belt in place I have helped a few guys to rework such machines over the years. look bad but will be working long into the future. New you would be looking at USD$1800 for a similar new machine.

Good items are the link drive belts of this type available most all over the world, in that case you need not have the drive belt in place till you add the motor and then assemble the belt with lathe and motor in place.:
vibration-free-link-belt
~Richard

Richard im doing this for the second time Iwont be with pictures along the way but on thr end will have some
i have a lot brand new V belts from rusian UMZ tractor

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Richard im doing this for the second time Iwont be with pictures along the way but on thr end will have some
i have a lot brand new V belts from rusian UMZ tractor

That always helps. Enjoy the process! Best wishes for your second success!
;~Richard

Nice. Hey I saw in your picture it is already 2017! Can you tell me who won the US Presidential Election by chance??? Just kidding.

He he thats a vendor picture - i guess he did not set up his camera right
The pics do not show the real condition - they are much worse than the reality
my pictures will be better