Diamond in the rough? SB lathe $800 Chelmsford MA

[DR]

Sometimes bed length is specified as the total length, not as distance between centers.

[OaklandGB]

Agree, that is no 60 inches. But at 800 bucks wouldn't toss her out for getting chips in the bed.

[mattthemuppet]

yeah, that's a hell of a machine for $800. That's a full norton gear box, just an older version with a single tumbler instead of 2 like the "newer" South Bends. There are 2 ratios from a sliding gear on the banjo, 3 ranges from the lever on the top and then the different ratios selected with the tumbler lever.

[old mart]

Its hard to tell, my guess is no more than 40". Somebody is going to get a nice machine, at that price, you would expect to have a few things to put right. It says 230 volt and speed controller.

[Bob Engelhardt]

https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/tls/d/chelmsford-southbend-16x60/7295260663.html

It says "16x60", but that doesn't look like 60" to me. Only a single stage QCGB with 8-10 speeds/pitches - I suppose that means you can re-configure the open gears for other feeds (?). Is that a VFD on the wall?