Warco Enco Gh1440a Lathe

[jeff_g1137]

Hi
Click on photo to open up the photo.

Number 2 set of levers at the top, is for the feeds up & down the bed, & the A-B is for screw cutting.
The two indicators at the bottom. number, 2 & 3 from the left & Number 2 from the Top, set the screw cutting 1 to 8 & C-D 0 E-F & A-B.
Number One indicator at the bottom, 1 from the left, is for some kind of lock in the gearbox, to set the others, 2 & 3 from the left.

If you need any more photos or info, let me know.

 

[rock_breaker]

@Penguin29
I received a copy of your message to @jeff_g1137 and must say my lathe may be an older model as it has levers where Jeff's lathe has dials. Not much help I'm sure, also have difficulties with photos but will start the process if desired.
Have a good day from Southwest Colorado USA.
Ray (Rock_Breaker)

 

[jeff_g1137]

Hi
This may be of help, a manual for the lathe.

 

[Penguin29]

Hi
Some more jeff

That's excellent Jeff.. thanks so much.. it helps greatly. Will down load them and laminate in the short term and start getting some use of the auto feed etc.
Cheers Roger

 

[Janderso]

Hi

The lathe arrived but I did not get any photos, it was raining

& we had to get it indoors fast.

This is my workshop after 2 weeks of moving things about,

to make more room for the lathe. The workshop this only 24ft x 12ft, all the crap went in the 3 sheds I have.

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This is, The seat of power, lol I have a bad back, so I sit as often

as I can.

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My welding table.

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My toolboxes.

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The lathe is in the top of the workshop, it is the only place it can go & still leave room for working on my bike & welding.

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Photos of the lathe

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All for now
jeff

That lathe appears to be very lightly used. Nice score to be sure!

 

[Bob Korves]

Hi

The lathe arrived but I did not get any photos, it was raining

& we had to get it indoors fast.

This is my workshop after 2 weeks of moving things about,

to make more room for the lathe. The workshop this only 24ft x 12ft, all the crap went in the 3 sheds I have.

View attachment 124703

This is, The seat of power, lol I have a bad back, so I sit as often

as I can.

View attachment 123888



My welding table.

View attachment 123889



My toolboxes.

View attachment 123890

View attachment 123891


The lathe is in the top of the workshop, it is the only place it can go & still leave room for working on my bike & welding.

View attachment 123892


Photos of the lathe

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All for now
jeff

Where are you going to put the milling machine and the surface grinder? 8^)

 

[Harry Knutz]

I know this is an older post, But your Warco is also the same as The Birmingham YCL1440 and the Kent Usa KLS 1440

Some day if my ship hasn't sunk and finally comes in, I would love to own one of these fine machines.

 

[Harry Knutz]

I like that Jeff included a manual, I have read the feeds and threading charts and can tell you that these are pretty good lathes. You can do most common threads without changing end gears. Some of the 1440 Grizzly lathes and also some of the Chinese Precision Matthews 1440 lathes require quite a bit of end gear swapping (Change Gears) to complete threading. Say you threaded a Remington 700 barrel tenon at 16 threads per inch, Now you want to flip it around and thread it 24 TPI, A gear change would have to be made on the Grizzly. This class of lathes would not require that and cover a large number of threads with the standard gears in place.