Logan 400 gifted

[OldFatMan]

750 mile trip to see my dad and I’m going home with this 9” Logan and bunches of tooling and equipment. He picked up the lathe and accessories from a local estate sale. I got all of his duplicates and a project. Not sure why the guy had cobbled up the motor mount but that won’t be too difficult to fix. Dad is a machinist and believes the machine is in pretty decent condition.

 

[Nutfarmer]

Nice. It should bring many hours of enjoyment.

 

[Z2V]

Looks like a nice project, keep us posted on your progress

 

[Alcap]

Very nice of your father. Older machinery have such a cool style , I couldn’t help being drawn to the way the tail stock has flowing lines !

 

[Shiseiji]

Here is a picture of what the original mount looked like Logan 400 Catalog Scott Logan grandson of the founder still stocks parts and manuals. He recently mentioned on his groups.io board that he's started to recommend just using ISO 68 way oil on everything. Certainly make keeping track of lubricants easy.

 

[markba633csi]

Good solid machine- should clean up nicely
-Mark

 

[Cadillac STS]

Great lathe.

Agree will bring hours of enjoyment and something you can talk to your dad about, learn skills from him.

 

[Larry$]

Having a Dad, as a machinist to help, is a great asset!
Nice lathe with all the extra goodies.

 

[wa5cab]

I don't think that you want to use Way Oil everywhere. It is designed or formulated to have much higher than average or normal surface tension in order to cling to non-horizontal surfaces. Consequently, you do not want to use it on applications where it is expected to run freely through holes, tubing and passageways.. It would probably be better than straight SAE 20 or ISO 68 on open gears, although high temperature grease is usually specified for this in non-oil filled gear assemblies such as most Banjo-mounted change gear setups.

 

[Martin W]

Nice lathe! These lathes came with a peg leg for the motor support. They are kind of interesting as the weight of the motor just sits on a steel leg, and when you open the top cover the tension is released on the flat belt to change gears. Happy turning!
Cheers
Martin