Getting ready for new lathe...

[stewart]

So, out with the old...



...which is for sale in another post

...and space for the new...



...which I pick up tomorrow

(Still wondering if I can fit two lathes in my 16' x 8' workshop if my old one doesn't sell)

New pics coming tomorrow!

 

[Woodmonkey]

So watcha getting then?!

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

OMG you're such a tease! Tell us what ur getting for goodness sake. It's not the vb36 on eBay for 2 grand is it???

 

[graduate_owner]

Let me hazard a few guesses - NuTool, Clarke, Black and Decker drill attachment? Am I getting close?
K

 

[stewart]

Ha hah hah - If only it were a NuTool....and no it's not that lovely vb36 currently on ebay.........






.....it's a Wivamac DB1000 which one of the woodturning clubs I belong too is selling on.

I'm hoping I'll be able to set it up on my own, but I understand it's rather weighty

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Sweet

 

[Woodmonkey]

OMG you're such a tease! Tell us what ur getting for goodness sake. It's not the vb36 on eBay for 2 grand is it???

That is a steal if it sells for that...

 

[Phil Pascoe]

OMG you're such a tease! Tell us what ur getting for goodness sake. It's not the vb36 on eBay for 2 grand is it???

I think that one's been up before - it's put up for a short time, then it's taken down and it then disappears without trace. When you look to see what it sold for, it hasn't existed.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

well it'll be interesting to watch as it ends at 09:50 (ish) tomorrow and its currently on for £2050. If it does go for that I'm seriously toying with the idea of bidding....it has a 3MT and can take a 4 foot log, a foot in diameter directly out of the spindle with no tailstock support That's a tree....sticking out of the chuck...with no tailstock support...and it doesn't over balance or affect the bearings.

It's a stunning lathe and literally puts everything else in the shade including Oneway and Vicmarc et al. British designed of course even though its now manufactured in Germany. An absolute triumph of engineering.

The shaft is about 5 times the size of a wadkin by the way

 

[Blister]

well it'll be interesting to watch as it ends at 09:50 (ish) tomorrow and its currently on for £2050. If it does go for that I'm seriously toying with the idea of bidding....it has a 3MT and can take a 4 foot log, a foot in diameter directly out of the spindle with no tailstock support That's a tree....sticking out of the chuck...with no tailstock support...and it doesn't over balance or affect the bearings.

It's a stunning lathe and literally puts everything else in the shade including Oneway and Vicmarc et al. British designed of course even though its now manufactured in Germany. An absolute triumph of engineering.

The shaft is about 5 times the size of a wadkin by the way

Thats a bold statement "It's a stunning lathe and literally puts everything else in the shade "

No disrespect to VB36 owners , I had one and was pleased when I sold it , In my opinion very agricultural in operation , simple things like moving the toolrest post involves about 8 movements
More user friendly lathes are available with ease of operation and adjustments

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Yebbut can you turn a whole tree on them?

 

[Blister]

Yebbut can you turn a whole tree on them?

How many turners have the ability to obtain / cut down / transport / Mount a tree ?

 

[chipmunk]

Yebbut can you turn a whole tree on them?

How many turners have the ability to obtain / cut down / transport / Mount a tree ?

...and if you could, would you want to? :roll:

If I had that much mass and stability I'd rather try a Nick Agar off-centre sculpture...

than go turning whole trees.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The pro turner at our club wouldn't give a thank you for one. He built his (with help) - the headstock bearings are the same as ones as used on the prop shaft of a Sea King helicopter.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

LOL...so they can fly too

 

[Stiggy]

I'm excited for you Stew!

I wish I had that sort of cash free - I'd be over in a shot

 

[Spindle]

the headstock bearings are the same as ones as used on the prop shaft of a Sea King helicopter.

So, not designed to take high radial loads then :?

 

[stewart]

Well,despite the excitement this thread has generated about the VB36, I've now set up my new-to-me Wivamac DB1000...and what do you know, there is room for both lathes (though I'm still interested in finding a buyer for my old CL2 lathe...)





just need a chuck now!

 

[Woodmonkey]

Looks like a solid machine

 

[Phil Pascoe]

the headstock bearings are the same as ones as used on the prop shaft of a Sea King helicopter.

So, not designed to take high radial loads then :?
Having watched helicopters working in gales, I would imagine the bearings would take anything you could throw at them.