On 01/30/2019 12:35 PM, Dan Bloomquist wrote:
Jon Elson wrote:
There's plenty more to it, but those are a few of the
highlights. The Sheldon R-series was made in 13, 15 and
17" models. My 15" with six foot bed weighs 3500 Lbs.
Good for stability. My previous lathe was a 12"
Atlas-Craftsman. The difference in rigidity is just
AMAZING! See http://pico-systems.com/sheldon.html for
the whole saga of getting it moved in and fixed up.
Hi Jon,
Wow, who would of thought? I bought the same lathe(15) in
an auction last year. The reason for building that rotary
converter. Here it is!
<http://lakeweb.net/images/Sheldon.jpg>
Yes, same for me. I had a toy lathe and really learned
that rigid was very important. I researched before bidding
and word was that this is about as good as it gets.
There are certainly a few other lathes in a similar class.
LeBlond tray-top, Monarch, and some of the other
toolroom-grade machines. Since the standard version has a
1250 RPM spindle speed, and a 2.5" spindle through hole, it
seemed like it would do most anything I'd come across.
Looks like you have the high-speed version.
I run mine off a VFD with braking resistor, this gives me a
pretty quick dynamically-braked stop, which I like for
safety reasons.
Jon
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