It is the best of times, it is the worst of times...

[Falcon67]

Ah, lathe sweet home.

 

[nightowl499]

oh yeah that looks so much better than the bare spot on the floor... !! no chips yet ????

 

[Chip]

She is. I'm sore all over from 3+ hours wrestling the beast into her home. I'll do a bunch more pics tomorrow, but highlights include: 3 hp motor, pull out chip tray, cast iron base and turning to (many) inch threads without any change gears. So far it is more than I expected!

I thought it looked like a chip tray. Congrats!

 

[maker of things]

She's looking good. Just like it belongs there.

That lathe only has 8 speeds correct? Is that sufficient, or will you eventually go to a two-speed motor or VFD?

I am not an experienced enough machinist to say with any certainty if 8 is enough. Matt said basically the difference between this lathe and the 1440B which has 16 speeds is the b has 2 pulley sizes. I think I would be more apt to do something like that to get 35 rpm on the bottom end. I mainly machine steel with HSS cutters so right now I think this setup will work well.

No chips yet, but it is cleaned and powers up fine. Need to level her out next, then start whittleing down some steel.

I made a new post to put all the uncrating, setup and overview info to make future searches easier for those interested. http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...-Mathews-PM1440E-LB-lathe?p=232852#post232852

 

[zmotorsports]

Nice. Congrats on getting her all set up. Looks great next to your other machines. They should compliment each other well.