Metal Lathe Basics

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[AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Interesting tour of your lathes Winky. Thanks for the video.

[t.d.mich.]

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge. Keeps up the interest of the young folks and keeps it fresh in foggy old minds!

[RelentlessHomesteading]

These machines are works of art - very beautiful. Nice introduction. I'd like to get into some machining - looks interesting.

[nashguy]

Nice job on explaining the basic operations of your lathes.

[ianfletcher]

Ive got a south bend 13 and have worked everything out for myself, but it was really good to watch your video to reassure me what I worked out was right... I really need to get into screw cutting and your bit about the feed gear box was very informative ....thanks for a great tour.

[shawnmrfixitlee]

I say this vid was spot on ! You have to know what the controls are for and how to use them before you pick up a piece of metal stock and try to turn it into something .. Great share, Should help out a lot of folks wanting to learn ..

[ypaulbrown]

Mr Winky, this was a very clear and informative video...thanks for sharing your

[lesmaybury]

That was interesting, I like your videos sir Winky. I'm in the UK so was bought up on old Limey machines such as Wards. I served my time in the 60's man handling big old mangles machining truck engine blocks, gearbox casings and making millions of valve collets 😁. Now only have a small bench lathe and Seig bench mill in a single garage, very little space but great fun.

[andrewrobinson]

Thankyou i just picked up a 1957 type c hurcus machine all manual gear . On the good side i never used a lathe before so learning hopefully wwill not be to hard. I just neec to learn about where all the gears go / intetchangeable. Someone sent me a pdf manual for it so now its just a matter of try and learn . Your v ideo was very enjoyable Andy Australia

[kevinunderwood]

Nice job, your old Logan is still chugging along. Used it today making shoulder bolts.

[alanswanson]

Thank you I just bought my logan 1810 about a month ago.

[jeffanderson]

I agree, nice job of explaining the operation of the older lathes. You sure do have two beautiful machine tools.
My 1941 SB 13 was my pride and joy. Lost in a fire.
My new lathe is a more modern Clausing Colchester 15x50.
It took me a while to figure out how to use it. The clutch and auto reverse of the cross slide and saddle are sweet and I like the gear box that threads imperial and metric

[ForgeKnife]

Thanks that was perfect. I have the same Logan and didn’t understand the clutch operation.

[superpedro]

I refurbished a 12" Atlas Clausing and went all out on the restoration like you did. It feels good to have one. well 2 actually I also have a 12 " Atlas Crafstman, so I get it LOL

[thercbarn]

Thank you! I just got my old senecca mills lathe up and running. Still some fine tuning to do and learning on my part with such an old lathe. I'm sure I will get it dialed in soon!

[Siskiyous]

Even owning a pair of lathes I find your take on them interesting. I installed a quick change on my Atlas, then had to go back to the gears for a project, OVEY. I had to make a new Banjo for it too, not sure how the old one cracked. I have a Sheldon too, and I love it. Yesterday I made 5 new sheaves for a telescoping antenna mast, replacements would have been $35.00 each, a good savings for a couple hours messing around in the shop.

[jimzivny]

Good video. I have a 1943 10" South Bend and the controls are very similar to your Logan. I think things became more standardized as time went on

[cecil]

That was very informative.
I would love to see a video on threading on the Southbend since I have one similar.
Thank you for the video. :-)

[Farm_fab]

My uncle had an older lathe with a 6' bed, and the feed screw was badly worn, so he took the screw out and turned it around, and it worked well.
A friend of mine had a lathe that had a 3 speed automotive transmission on it, and it served him well for many years until his shop burned down. I would have loved to get my hands on that after the fire to see if it was racked from the fire, and if so, how badly. Sadly he junked it without knowing.

[jcvieira]

Nice to see. Top model compared to my single SB 9C.