It has the Timken bearings,,Quick Change box [of course]. It's a bench top. I would suggest getting the tool room version that comes with a swarf pan and motor mounted below,,,much easier to work around in my opinion.
The story on this lathe:
I knew I wanted a 12 x 36" lathe for rifle barrel work. I searched a local area "for sale" paper called the Atlanta Advertiser here in Georgia, USA. Found this lathe. Owner worked in a factory that services large water valves. This employee saw a crate stored up high in the warehouse. Asked about it and was told they purchased this lathe and never used it. He was given permission to get it down, unpack it and set it up in the warehouse. He then used it to turn one surface of a valve made of bronze or brass, I forget. He made a good bit of money doing in house work during his lunch hour -he did work that was usually farmed out to a contractor. His company paid him the same rate they paid the contractor,,or close to it. The brass valves is all he turned on this lathe.
When I bought it, I found it in like new condition except that some brass chips got into the top of the headstock shaft area - the top lid must have been left open. Being somewhat compulsive, I did not want to make the pot metal [?] gears wear any faster than they already do. I TOTALLY disassembled the whole lathe,,apron and all, to clean it. I now know I can do it,,but I also know I never want to do that again!! It is fun to do work with a lathe,,it is not as much fun to work ON THE lathe~!
I have other pictures of assemblies. Here are some homemade steady finger tips in TEFLON.
Linear Mode
