Summit 11x32

Looks nice, I've never seen one like it- any manufacture dates on it?
 
Who cares about the date . That looks like a VERY nice machine and in great shape . I think you did great in getting this machine :encourage:
 
Thanks. I haven’t run it yet, so I’m hopeful that it runs as well as it looks. I came out of a maintenance shop, so it was just used for small jobs, not a production machine at all.
 
robhumble said:
Thanks. I haven’t run it yet, so I’m hopeful that it runs as well as it looks. I came out of a maintenance shop, so it was just used for small jobs, not a production machine at all.
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And it shows . :) That's a clean looking well made lathe .
 
As I stated earlier the Summit 11 x 32 machine in our shop used a threaded spindle. I made two backing plates for a collet chuck we had to use on two different lathes. One was for the 11 x 32 Summit and one was for another Asian machine (I don't remember what brand). One machine had a 1 1/2 x 8 thd spindle and the other had a 39 x 3 metric spindle. I don't remember which machine had which spindle. They are very close in size but of course won't interchange. If you make a chuck adapter mount for your machine check the spindle thread very closely.
 
jcp said:
One machine had a 1 1/2 x 8 thd spindle and the other had a 39 x 3 metric spindle.
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Worst possible thing they could possibly do, pick a non-standard metric thread that is close enough to an imperial size to be easily mistaken.
Is it possible that one of the machines was metric?
 
MrWhoopee said:
Worst possible thing they could possibly do, pick a non-standard metric thread that is close enough to an imperial size to be easily mistaken.
Is it possible that one of the machines was metric?
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My 12x37 has a goofy spindle thread: 60mm x 8 tpi
 
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