Hi, would you be willing to take pictures of all the placards from your lathe, i will pay you for your trouble.I have an Atlas 12x36, this came up about 100 miles from me and wondering what your collective thinking is on this deal, here's pics:
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It was the sellers father in law who as a retired machinist bought this for home use(probably not the original owner). The seller does not know anything about lathes, it in his mom's garage and she wants it gone. Condition in the pics looks pretty good but hard to tell, accessories and tooling are a question but everything on the bench is included. Correct me if I'm mistaken but I believe this Taiwan made early 80s(?) Jet has hardened ways and is substantially heavier than the Atlas, and has a !.5" spindle(almost 2x the Atlas). Any weirdness associated with this era/model of Jet? Not sure what the PS means, I googled it but didn't find anything specific regarding it. They're only asking $500 for it, so I almost feel obligated to take a look, probably only a 4hr round trip drive so no not bad. I was the first one to respond early this AM, when he responded to my email(phone call) he said he knows I will be driving a bit so he's holding it for me for "first chance" tomorrow morning when he is showing it. He also stated he has had a lot of responses after my early call.
What of you think?
thanks, Brian
Hi, thank you for your reply, i do not have the manual, i wish i did, my father bought this lathe for me for my birthday in 1986, i just finished restoring it, all that is left is to replace al the placards, if i can get some hi resolution pic there is a company that can make them from aluminum, i have all mine but faded and cant make out any of the numbers.Monty: OK, Senior moment. Forget my reply to old post from mcgyver1959. I have a very similar Jet lathe with most all the placards/labels. Happy to try and get you some pics. Do not have owner/operator manual.
how would you send them? Through email? Text? How do i get my email address and or number to you?Hi, thank you for your reply, i do not have the manual, i wish i did, my father bought this lathe for me for my birthday in 1986, i just finished restoring it, all that is left is to replace al the placards, if i can get some hi resolution pic there is a company that can make them from aluminum, i have all mine but faded and cant make out any of the numbers.
Monty
montyc@seinc.com lets see if that will go through.how would you send them? Through email? Text? How do i get my email address and or number to you?
Monty
