Sheldons are a step up from South Bend. Heavier and more rigid, more rare though not as many around
Mark
This one probably won't stick around long enough for me to grab it then. Gotta fix the clutch in my truck before I go dragging any lathes around with the trailer.
I know the guys on this forum are concerned that I'll buy a piece of junk that isn't even worth repairing. But a $1000 lathe would need to be in some seriously bad shape for that to be the case. Barring a major casting crack, or something catastrophic like that, you could always just clean it up real pretty and re-sell it to get the grand back it is wasn't looking good enough for a total rebuild.
Not only that but if you take it straight to the metal scrap yard you'd probably get close to $500 for it. Defnitely that much or more if you take it apart and scrap the metal in small pieces. You get almost twice a much per pound for smaller pieces than if you took in the whole lathe as one piece.
And just think of how everyone would be screaming if I took one to the metal scrap yard. You'd be far better parting it out. In fact, I'm willing to bet that you could probably make a business out of buying every lathe you can find for under a grand and just parting them out.
Especially something like a Sheldon if there aren't that many around. This one is probably worth $3000 in parts alone.
I just don't see how you can lose buying a full-size lathe for under a grand. It'd be really hard to lose money on it.
I'll bet this one is gone before the end of this week. I can't grab it that quick. So boo hoo on that.
You watch. After I get my clutch fixed they won't have anymore cheap lathes.