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I would think you would want at least room to get your hand between the lathe and the wall for air circulation, room for covers to open and cleaning behind it. So maybe 1-2 inches?
I went and measured my 11x24" Powermatic. The lathe itself is 17" deep (A), and about 19" (B) where the furthest handle sticks out. It is on a stand though, with the motor and speed control in the base so probably not the easiest to convert to bench use. The stand is 24" wide (A), and the speed control handle sticks out a couple inches so 26-27" at the widest point (B). This is just one handle though about 5" in diameter, everything else is contained within the 24" stand so maybe you could work around that.
This lathe is based on a Logan 11" lathe, so I would expect a Logan 11" would be almost identical in size. A Southbend Heavy 10 is also probably pretty close in size. These are all much heavier duty than an Atlas / Craftsman, Logan 10" or Southbend "light" 10.
There are some weird (not well known) lathes out there. When you get away from the well known brands sometimes you can find some real deals. I think Southbend adds 25% off the top just because people know the name. A lot of the early Taiwanese lathes have very foreign sounding names so get dismissed as "cheap imports", but are apparently pretty good machines. The Jet 1024 is one of these and I'm pretty sure it was sold by others (one of the few import 10x24 lathes with a full QCGB).
The Powermatic lathes are kind of unusual and don't seem to go for as high prices as similar USA made lathes since a lot of people don't know what they are or assume they are imports since they have the square blocky style of a newer lathe, not the rounded art deco styling of most of the classic smaller vintage USA lathes. They were only made from the early 1970s to about mid 1980s. Logan is still in business and offers parts support even for the weird "Powermatic by Logan" lathes. Not cheap, but parts are available which is nice.
Rockwell is another USA brand that doesn't seem to get much attention other than the Delta / Rockwell bandsaws. I've seen some 10 and 11" Rockwell lathes, but have no experience with them to know if they are worth looking for, I expect they might be a good option for you, but no idea on parts availability.
The particular lathe I have is a real oddball. After Powermatic introduced the new lathe designs in the 1970s, they dropped 10" lathes from the line up. There must have been a demand because they soon added one which was just the 11" lathe with a smaller spindle. Mine is one of these so called 10" lathes, it has a 1-1/2"-8 threaded spindle with a 1" bore, but an 11-1/8" swing the same as the "real" 11" lathe. The 11" came with a 2-1/4" threaded, L00 or D1-4 spindle with a 1-3/8" bore. Both are variable speed using an adjustable pully and a hand wheel (I think this is called a Reeves drive), pretty simple but a little noisy. All you have to do to change speed is crank the hand wheel, no belt changes are required.
I went and measured my 11x24" Powermatic. The lathe itself is 17" deep (A), and about 19" (B) where the furthest handle sticks out. It is on a stand though, with the motor and speed control in the base so probably not the easiest to convert to bench use. The stand is 24" wide (A), and the speed control handle sticks out a couple inches so 26-27" at the widest point (B). This is just one handle though about 5" in diameter, everything else is contained within the 24" stand so maybe you could work around that.
This lathe is based on a Logan 11" lathe, so I would expect a Logan 11" would be almost identical in size. A Southbend Heavy 10 is also probably pretty close in size. These are all much heavier duty than an Atlas / Craftsman, Logan 10" or Southbend "light" 10.
There are some weird (not well known) lathes out there. When you get away from the well known brands sometimes you can find some real deals. I think Southbend adds 25% off the top just because people know the name. A lot of the early Taiwanese lathes have very foreign sounding names so get dismissed as "cheap imports", but are apparently pretty good machines. The Jet 1024 is one of these and I'm pretty sure it was sold by others (one of the few import 10x24 lathes with a full QCGB).
The Powermatic lathes are kind of unusual and don't seem to go for as high prices as similar USA made lathes since a lot of people don't know what they are or assume they are imports since they have the square blocky style of a newer lathe, not the rounded art deco styling of most of the classic smaller vintage USA lathes. They were only made from the early 1970s to about mid 1980s. Logan is still in business and offers parts support even for the weird "Powermatic by Logan" lathes. Not cheap, but parts are available which is nice.
Rockwell is another USA brand that doesn't seem to get much attention other than the Delta / Rockwell bandsaws. I've seen some 10 and 11" Rockwell lathes, but have no experience with them to know if they are worth looking for, I expect they might be a good option for you, but no idea on parts availability.
The particular lathe I have is a real oddball. After Powermatic introduced the new lathe designs in the 1970s, they dropped 10" lathes from the line up. There must have been a demand because they soon added one which was just the 11" lathe with a smaller spindle. Mine is one of these so called 10" lathes, it has a 1-1/2"-8 threaded spindle with a 1" bore, but an 11-1/8" swing the same as the "real" 11" lathe. The 11" came with a 2-1/4" threaded, L00 or D1-4 spindle with a 1-3/8" bore. Both are variable speed using an adjustable pully and a hand wheel (I think this is called a Reeves drive), pretty simple but a little noisy. All you have to do to change speed is crank the hand wheel, no belt changes are required.
