..that the LATHE has landed.
Snowing here!
Now I need to work out how to get it working.
3 very nice gentlemen have just delivered the lathe I bought on e-Bay.
It is a little Boxford AUD (Serial Number 12161 and it appears (to my eyes anyway)to be in pretty good nick.
The ways are sound and unmarked, the slides are all silky-smooth and with no discernable backlash.
It came with:
An engineers surface plate- goodness that's heavy.
A full set of cutting tools (mostly unused).
A set of 24 collets and two collet arbors, but no drawbar.
A set of 4 tool posts and tool-holders of different style/flavours.
A micrometer carriage stop.
A standard carriage stop.
The backplate on there has an index (72 position) and an index pin mounted on the headstock. Don't think that was standard?
There is a backplate for clamping items to as well, and a drive dog.
@fizzy on the mig forum gave me some good advice on how to move it, but in the end the seller popped up and said "my mates in the moving business" and for £150 they brought it here and I didn't need to lift a finger.
I will give it a clean and lube and sort out a VFD (3-phase). Really pleased I am.
UPDATE:
I just took another look at it, and....
In the centre section of the cabinet I found:
A Pratt-Burnerd 4-Jaw Chuck
A fixed Steady.
A travelling steady.
The draw bar for the collet set.
Stone me, I think the 2 chucks are worth as much as I paid for the whole shebang. PMSL