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Micke's Vintage Munktell Lathe
- Thread starter Micke S
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The 3-jaws chuck got an overhaul today. It was disassembled, cleaned and lubricated. The back plate has been beaten before and got a touch-up, and the chuck was then centered. The grip is firm and straight and the run-out is about one third of a thou (0.008 mm). I could have adjusted it better but there are no practical reasons for that what I know. It is a lot more stuff that comes into play and needs to be in control to keep high accuracy when turning.
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This old Swedish Bacho lathe came up locally today in an ad. The price is 150 dollars and there is a lot of tooling and accessories including a new drive belt and a brand new SKF MT4 live center. I guess that just the machine lamp will return the money. Personally I neither have room or need for it but it is an interesting vintage machine. It is said to be 1957 but it must be much older. I guess early 1900.
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Great score on the lathe. I know I wouldn't have been able to pass it by for that kind of money. Base's like that go for pretty big money in the states for custom table builds. Being a hopeless machine lover I'd probably go over it and pass it on after deciding which tooling/accessories I wanted to keep. Mike
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if i were in Sweeden, i'd scrape it for you!
the lathe really looks great and now with the DRO you have a very nice tool to make precision parts!
very well done!!!