LeBlond Regal HydroShift lathe 19x40 available (cheap?), Metro Detroit

[reggie_obe]

Many decades ago I was an apprentice in a shop that had been around for over 100 years. Many of the tools were pretty ancient also. I could not understand why they let the planer take up valuable floor space, doing nothing. After a year or so a job came in that nothing but the planer could have handled. Look not down your nose at a planer.

Not at all. I've seen Doozer's YouToob channel and his planer.

[Doozer]

I've heard various stories about them being problematic.



3" is a serious spindle. You can do some real work on a short lathe too if you have the appropriate outboard steadies.

Not horn tooting, but...

My big lathe that I decided to buy was a 17" Colchester (round head, mid 1970s vintage).
It has a 3" spindle bore, and a gap bed that will swing 26" if the piece is short.
The bed is 54". If you watch my Doozer's shop channel, you can see I put a lot of work
into fixing it up. I still need to grind the gap insert, so stay tuned.
3" bore lathes are nice. In times past when spindle holes were LESS than 2", I guess
the theory was to use a long bed lathe and a steady rest for whatever work was needed.
Much nicer to be able to have the headstock swallow up medium length work.

-Doozer

[mickeyf]

I bet you have a Planer in your shop.

Many decades ago I was an apprentice in a shop that had been around for over 100 years. Many of the tools were pretty ancient also. I could not understand why they let the planer take up valuable floor space, doing nothing. After a year or so a job came in that nothing but the planer could have handled. Look not down your nose at a planer.

[The Metal Butcher]

You can put regular levers on the gears and disable the servoshift nonsense,
We have one at work, you never know what gear it is going to go in, or stay in.

-Doozer

I've heard various stories about them being problematic.

Yep, I see 3" listed for other Leblond 19" 11E models. That is a NICE spindle!!

3" is a serious spindle. You can do some real work on a short lathe too if you have the appropriate outboard steadies.

[AntonLargiader]

Yep, I see 3" listed for other Leblond 19" 11E models. That is a NICE spindle!!

[Bob Engelhardt]

...Looks like it has more than 3/4" through the headstock as well.

Typo I think: 3+ inches

[Doozer]

Yep.
And I paid $6000 for a brand new trailer to haul it from Buffalo.
Not a Luddite per se, but I am all about APPROPRIATE technology.
I do not have a smart phone.
I have an (many) old car.
At least my planer is hydraulic.

-Doozer

[reggie_obe]

You can put regular levers on the gears and disable the servoshift nonsense,
We have one at work, you never know what gear it is going to go in, or stay in.

-Doozer

You some kind of Luddite?
I bet you have a Planer in your shop.

[Doozer]

You can put regular levers on the gears and disable the servoshift nonsense,
We have one at work, you never know what gear it is going to go in, or stay in.

-Doozer

[reggie_obe]

A steal unless it has problems in the head.
Looks like it has more than 3/4" through the headstock as well.

[aribert]

Local auction last week - auctioneer way overpriced the starting bid and no one bid on the lathe. I was there picking up my one winning lot and got to talking to the auction employee doing the check out. He mentioned that the owners were anxious to sell and thought someone said that $750 would buy it. No financial interest (aside from the 18% auction premium I just paid on my lot). The lathe looked more than a 40 inch center to center. https://www.bidspotter.com/en-us/auc...b-ac320156ccb8