now heres a lathe

[allen thunem]

http://images.craigslist.org/3J83N93H35I75F45M5d4kef8ec0e774b813d5.jpg

[allen thunem]

found this bad boy on my local cl site
cheap too only 7k

[charlie knighton]

did they say the name of the lathe? starts with W ends in n......wadkin??????????????

[bob svoboda]

My 3520 seems so puny! :p

[David DeCristoforo]

"W ends in n......wadkin??????????????"

Yes... Wadkin. A venerable English manufacturer. They mostly made patternmaker's lathes which is what this one is. Top quality vintage iron! Here's a bit on a beautifully restored machine:

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=12185

It would be well worth 7k if you compare to the available "contemporary" options in that price range.

[Richard Coers]

Cross slide on the outrigger post, never seen that before!

[Dennis Nagle]

That is a beauti. Here is my Oliver version.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/djnagle/007-1_zpse1abacd9.jpg (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/djnagle/media/007-1_zpse1abacd9.jpg.html)

[Jamie Donaldson]

Holy cows, y'all are into some really heavy metal!!!:eek:

[Karl Card]

That should be a centerfold somewhere.... Oh my!!!

[Nathan Clark]

Yes, but could it turn a bottle stopper?

[Dennis Nagle]

Absolutely. I have small jaws and mandrels.