I see the mishaps on the ways, and some wear and tear pretty much everywhere. I also saw the taper attachment, but like you didn't see that it was hooked up or had the rest of the parts for it included.
I've not even seen a Logan in person before. Heard about them being mentioned many times, but that's about all. I do like it that it's a QC gearbox, and from this
http://www.lathe.com/models.htm I see it's a 1 3/8" spindle bore, variable speed drive. and weighs 1080lb. I've found this brochure online about it.
http://www.sterlingmachinery.com/db-files/logan lathe brochure.pdf
I don't know anything about the variable speed drive, and f can be repaired easily or not. The lathe isn't under power so that's a concern. I just don't want to buy something that I can't get parts for or that the parts are so expensive it becomes a money pit.
I'm not afraid of a project, I'm actually looking for a project now. I've got 18 day of vacation off and after 4 days I'm going stir crazy already.
Occasionally you can find things on CL that aren't crazy priced. You just have to check every day and many times per day. I found an Ellis 1600 band saw for $175 last week. It's a $3k saw new, but I didn't see it fast enough, someone got it before I did. Then Friday night there was a nice Craftsman 12 speed floor model drill press for $175, but unfortunately yesterday I had to go do a family thing and again I missed it also.
I'm looking for a lathe that will be accurate and I'll put a DRO on it and a VFD since I don't have 3 phase power available here. I love the VFD on my Bridgeport.
Talk about overpriced................
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/tls/4813502210.html :yikes: Looks to be about a $300 mill to me if that.
And this is probably the same person
http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/tls/4813088805.html. They both need to "sale" the machines