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RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - BillyT - 06-27-2014
All very good points, thankyou gentleman.
I have no real comparison on used machinery value, as I am not amongst any machinist friends neither hobbyist nor journeyman.
Please chime in here with reference to value:
$1700 lathe purchase (absolutely no accessories or tooling)
$500 gear repair
$300 chuck purchase
$250 motor purchase
Total:
2750 Canadian
2700 AUD
2600 USD
1900 EUR
1500 GBP
RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - awemawson - 06-27-2014
Well broadly it's roughly equivalent to my Colchester Master 2500.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/colchester/page17.html
These lathes in fair condition command over £3000 in the uk - an example:
http://www.traceymachinery.co.uk/lathes.htm
So money wise you are well in the lead
RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - awemawson - 06-27-2014
Bily,
As per your PM here is a picture of my Colchester Master 2500 levelling screw arrangement
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RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - BillyT - 06-27-2014
(06-27-2014, 06:03 AM)awemawson Wrote: Bily,
As per your PM here is a picture of my Colchester Master 2500 levelling screw arrangement
thanks for the picture, you mentioned that the screw went onto/into a 6mm plate. is there just one large plate or just small "beer coaster"
sized ones under each leg?
RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - awemawson - 06-27-2014
Just a 100 mm square of about 6 mm plate to spread the load. I've seen many in factories where the screw bears directly on concrete, but I cannot believe they'll stay accurately level for long !
RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - stevec - 06-27-2014
(06-27-2014, 07:29 AM)awemawson Wrote: I cannot believe they'll stay accurately level for long !I agree, any vibration, for whatever cause, would cause "boring" into the weakest concrete at whatever point.
RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - Mayhem - 06-27-2014
I have four bolts that have a chemical anchor fix them into the concrete on each of the 2 pedestals on my lathe. I shimmed the lathe at each point, so that the pedestal bares down on a solid footing.
RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - Arbalest - 06-28-2014
I'm not at work now to check but I think one of the Lathes there may have been sat on anti vibration mounts.
RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - Mayhem - 06-28-2014
Following on from my previous post, I took some pics that show the system I used. All pretty self explanatory and I'm sure that given the info you can use Google to get more info than I can provide. Basically, you use the hex driver to spin the thread and bust the capsule (mixing the epoxy). Once the epoxy is set, you can torque up the nut.
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RE: Licking my Wounds Lathe Rebuild Project - ETC57 - 06-28-2014
Hay Mayhem,
How dose the epoxy compare to say red head anchor bolts?
I have been considering anchoring a bench down in my carport, it's asphalt and red heads won't stay put in asphalt.