found an enco 13"x40" lathe

the extras alone are worth free! NICE find tell yourfriend I want to be his friend too.
 
itsmebernie was the guy, very friendly and approachable guy :))

More pics ofthe move, i had to fabricate an a frame to pull here outta the uhaul trailer. Just some basic 1.5" pipe .083, the cross beam are 3 2x6 lumber. They were more than capable of lifting1400lbs outta the trailer:holdphone:20130920_155252.jpg20130920_135407.jpgnext up, build a dolly to carry the machine in the garage
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Man, congratulations on that free lathe! What a sweet deal! I wish there were entities giving away free Encos here in the DFW area. At the moment, all Encos for free cost about $3600 ;-)

Enjoy your new toy!
 
I would have at least offered a $100 or 2 to the owner's favorite charity. But that's just me!
 
I would have at least offered a $100 or 2 to the owner's favorite charity. But that's just me!
i probably will down the road... this was a large company looking to get rid of a problem, there were others that were willing to give them money for the machine, but they wanted to see it before offering a number and than there was the scheduling with the riggers. In the end, my deal appealed to them the most, i wasnwilling to work with whatever time they wanted me there. I had no idea what i was getting. till the rigger lifted it out of the basement and i saw it i had no idea of the condition or what the assesories were...

broke as i am right now, free was all i could afford, i chalk this one up to just being in the right place at the right time,

she is really in need of lots of elbow grease, whatever they were working with left a hard plasticy residue over everything:thinking: the cross slide has about12 thousandeths of runout and the compound rest about 5 thousandths. ipulled off the head stock cover and found a pile of aluminium shavings... not sure if that means trouble or that they had just used her with the cover of at some point:thinking:
money is short right now so elbow greas, hard work is about all i will be able to put into this for the next few weeks.

By than i'll have some idea what to do with her... presently i have a full rebuild in progress with an old rockwell lathe, and my southbend mill is a work in progress :))

peace
rich
 
i had to fabricate an a frame to pull here outta the uhaul trailer. Just some basic 1.5" pipe .083, the cross beam are 3 2x6 lumber. They were more than capable of lifting1400lbs outta the trailer:

I'm sure you'll enjoy that lathe if you've never owned one before. My question regards the gantry you put together. I can't tell what's supporting the wooden beams. It looks like you have a vertical piece of unistrut on each side actually doing the supporting, and the two pipes on each side those just keep the unistrut from tilting front or back. In addition, it looks like you just have things held together with pipe clamps. Is that really how you did it?
 
Re: found an enco 13"x40" lathe

Rich-

Do you have 220 or a panel in your garage? I think I have some extra 10 gauge wire to get your machines running

Bernie
 
Re: found an enco 13"x40" lathe

Rich-

Do you have 220 or a panel in your garage? I think I have some extra 10 gauge wire to get your machines running

Bernie
 
Never under estimate the power of pony pipe clamps. I have usedthem for structural framing of wood and metal system, boatbuilding, cabinet making, bike building...you name it.
the a frame is the standard 2 legs for the sides the 1400lbs load was a concern so I ran an additional down leg. There are 3 horizontal angles 1 10" down from the top to support the triple 2x6 beam. I nailed 2 beams together to make them lighter and more portable. The third beam is clamped to them. 2 clamps are used on each end of the beam. 2' down from that angle is another, I put it there for more angle support for the beam... I was a bit concerned about the load on the beam. The final angle is at ground level. All this is further supported by a kicker which was clamped to a center legthan run to a 14 GA angle which was attached with lead shields to my driveway. The a frame made not a sound when under load. Solid as a rock.only a very final amount of vertical deflection on the beam. And the pieces easily store away.

Rich
 
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