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- Dec 14, 2012
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I picked up this lathe in February this year, It needed a cleanup and bare metal surfaces needed a little de-rusting with some scotch brite. It is in GREAT shape. I was able to pickup the original stand in April and had it soda blasted and then painted it with rustoleum dark machinery grey. I run the unit with a GE/Hitachi 1/2HP VFD. I love the 5C collet closer. I also have built up a whole set of collets for it. While the bed is short (13") it does 80% of what I want it to do and it doesnt take up much space. I am looking for the taper nose chucks, 3 and 4 Jaw. It came with the "E" model lever cross slide but I had a rebuilt DSC compound slide that I mounted to it. I love this lathe, Hardinge quality is AMAZING! Hardinge provided the Born on Date of 1/15/1979.
My 5C collet set, in the new rack I made this weekend. They are Hardinge or Buck (germany) high quality collets.
My 5C collet set, in the new rack I made this weekend. They are Hardinge or Buck (germany) high quality collets.
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