It fit my requirements and desires absolutely perfectly - and I feel like a proud dad with a newborn baby. Solid design, not too complex and a decent spindle bore.
Now I have a serious space issue, and may have to move on with the mill before the lathe (if I can tear myself away.).Ĭongrats they are a great machine. The keen eye will have noted the decapitated Bridgeport in the background though - typically I stripped the upper half of the head to replace belts and check it over/clean it out before doing spindle bearings the day before this lathe became a thing. Think I need some new belts though - note the one escapee down the bottom. The rest of the ways initially appear pretty good though, so not sure at this stage whether any scraping is likely to happen. The flat way on the base of the tailstock has a bit of wear in it, only time will tell how much of an issue that will prove to be in use. It appears to have some washers added to it for some reason, so I'll strip the tailstock and go through it, see what I can sort out. I picked all the loose bits up on Wednesday, so I was working on cleaning the tailstock today while waiting for the truck to arrive (which is why it looks ok, it DID have a 1mm thick layer of baked on crud.), and noticed that the quill lock doesn't really. We'll see when it's a bit cleaner how it looks. Not sure about painting it yet - I'd kind of like to avoid that, but it's coming off in big chunks in a lot of places, so my OCD may get the better of me. Think the current plan of attack is simply cleaning everything while waiting for the Ecogoo 4kw VFD to arrive (which probably won't be until the new year), fixing anything obvious, and probably change the oils. So, whats the plan? At the moment, it looks like about 12 months of cleaning :rofl:
The taper turning attachment, and you can see the slots for the rear mounted riser block.
In the plastic bag inside the white tub is what I estimate to be about 200 inserts for the 1 inch shank toolholder currently sitting on the machine, plus there are various other inserts kicking around in the pile. Lots of various old Sandvik insert tooling, there's a Komet threading holder in there, a couple of rear mount parting tools, plus a heap of already ground HSS - all of which is in excess of 30 years old, so there's all kinds of good brands in there, ground into various form tools, some acme threading tools, etc (I haven't even gone through all of them). Plus, of course, all the other bits you see. Both the original steadies, the original 12" 4 jaw (think the 3 jaw currently on it is likely also the original), the original set of quick change holders (plus a few, like the MT2 holder with the little centre in it!), the riser block/rear toolpost for the cross slide, and bits for the taper turning attachment.
13 change gears, including the ones on the machine - not that you actually need any change gears for 99% of the time, as the Graziano has a true metric/imperial quick change box. I believe I have almost every single accessory this machine was shipped with from the factory. Of course, used lathes are only as good as the tooling you get with them. Sorry to disappoint those of you eagerly awaiting Project Banarama: Part the second, but that ain't gonna happen - I took the "easy" way out.:roll: The provisions of these Bidder’s Terms shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their heirs, successors, and permitted assigns.Yes, it's true. No failure or delay in exercising any right under these Bidder’s Terms shall operate as a waiver of such right, and no single or partial exercise of any such right shall preclude any other or further exercise of such right or any other right. If any provision of these Bidder’s Terms are held invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the parties agree that such term or provision will be deemed to be modified to the extent necessary to permit its enforcement to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and the remainder of these Bidder’s Terms and all other provisions hereof will not be affected thereby. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is intended or created by these Bidder’s Terms.
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