The Home Machinist!

I think I'm over the brake thing, and I will have to come up with new rationalizations, but is it really that hard to surface a rotor? I would think it would be easy to mount one rigidly on a rotary table and face it with a fly cutter or end mill.

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No, it's not hard to surface a rotor. It's dead easy, but it's also dead easy to get it set up wrong (been there, done that, had to do it over). Do keep in mind, I spent years working as a toolmaker/machinist---I know how to make setups---but I still managed to get screwed up brakes. It takes very little to make a difference.

Can it be done? Yes, it can. Is there a guarantee that you'll get it right? No, there isn't. If you can make a setup working from the bearing surfaces of the rotor, pretty good chance you'd get it right. If you trust other features, pretty good chance you won't.

Harold

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I can't get the seller of this machine to communicate with me, and it looks like it has a top speed of 1100 and a small bore anyway, so let me throw it out here and see if anyone else is interested. I still haven't found out whether it has been repainted.

I called it a TOS lathe, and that's true, but I chose that term deliberately to keep people from finding it instantly and buying it out from under me. It's listed as a MAS. You can find it on Ebay, Youtube, and at the Global Machine Brokers site.

I'll post the Ebay and Youtube links. This might be a great deal for someone, or it may be a total waste of time. Asking price: $2950



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mas-lathe-Model-11265-60-Bed16-Swing-/280758129879?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415e7d14d7

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I note that it too is a gap bed and has a taper attachment ,too bad it is so far from my as I could see myself buying it .But I would have a reliable 3rd party inspect it first.

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I thought it wasn't a gap bed! How can you tell? Is it the way the ways change near the spindle?

I couldn't tell if it had a taper attachment or not. All that stuff piled together in a tiny photo.

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Scroll down in the add as there are a bunch of pictures , one rear view shows the tapper attachment and you can clearly see where the gap joins the bed.

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I've never used a taper attachment. I had no idea what that mess on the back of the lathe was!

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I looked at some of the TOS branded lathes a while back.
From what I understood TOS is not a manufacturing company but more of a marketing firm to represent and sell lathes made by an assortment of manufacturers in Czechoslovakia.
A number of companies I had business with in Alberta had the larger big bore oilfield lathes. From what they told me they were well made and dependable.
The eastern european machines seem to be a big step above the far east machines.
Greg

It's supposed to be a top-notch machine, but the features are behind the times.

I'm surprised no one has grabbed it. Maybe there's something wrong with it.

So many people get sweaty over a decrepit 15-owner South Bend made when FDR was in short pants. This looks a whole lot better to me.

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I got a reply! It's not a mint-condition lathe. It's a paint job!



That's more in line with the reality I'm used to.

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