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Well, after owning my first lathe (Craftsman/Atlas 6") for only a few months, I'm already 'upgrading'! Over the weekend, I picked up a Powr-Kraft (Logan) model 15TLC-2136 while traveling to visit family. I wasn't really shopping, but here on the high plains, this stuff is scarce and you better get it when you can (at least that's what I told my wife). The man I bought it from acquired it when he bought his deceased neighbor's machine tools. He tells me that it was in pieces when he got it and that he replaced several gears in the headstock and QCGB as he was putting it back together. It runs smoothly and everything seems to work as it should.
I've attached some pics of it in its temporary location in my barn. The bench it's on came with it, but it's much too large for my shop, so I'll have to build a new one. You'll notice the 'two-tone' paint scheme. According to the Logan website, the 2136's weren't shipped with a QCGB, so that was probably added later. I'm wondering about the headstock cover and gear cover though. There is a gap between the headstock and the cover when it's closed. Also, the hole in the gear cover doesn't line up exactly with the spindle. Do you think these are unoriginal parts, or is that just the way they came? Right now I'm cleaning it up and trying to decide whether or not I want to disassemble and paint it...
I've attached some pics of it in its temporary location in my barn. The bench it's on came with it, but it's much too large for my shop, so I'll have to build a new one. You'll notice the 'two-tone' paint scheme. According to the Logan website, the 2136's weren't shipped with a QCGB, so that was probably added later. I'm wondering about the headstock cover and gear cover though. There is a gap between the headstock and the cover when it's closed. Also, the hole in the gear cover doesn't line up exactly with the spindle. Do you think these are unoriginal parts, or is that just the way they came? Right now I'm cleaning it up and trying to decide whether or not I want to disassemble and paint it...