Houston, TX blowing up with heavy iron (lathes) for sale this week 3-18-24

[Colt Ables]

Out of the blue this week, Houston FB market is blowing up with lathes for sale. Here is a list of the better ones and none are mine and I do not know about any of them.

Taiyo Seiki 40x100 turret 4t - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/698242752456659/
Poreba 40x80 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/751029760288081/
Kingston 34x168 - https://www.facebook.com/share/sJDajzERgeuKdVgD/?mibextid=79PoIi
Warner and Swasey M-3580 4A turret - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/762382348917118/
Victor 2980 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1093545388363776/
Mazak Mark II (size unknown) - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/769414905019992/
Lodge & Shipley 25x140 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/351407277497850
Gilsholt 3L 28x58 turret - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/952331166497369/
Gilsholt 3L - https://www.facebook.com/share/ruYVbG1RWUPqrzYu/?mibextid=79PoIi
Gilsholt 3R turret - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1382279615735401/
LeBlond and ? - https://www.facebook.com/share/gEyKf8TUQCFbruyA/?mibextid=79PoIi
Lansing G24 24x120 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3611051265881104/
Lodge and Shipley 25x144 = https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/377149505273647/
Lodge and Shipley 13 PowerTurn - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1175541170282573/
Lehmann Hydratrol 25x80 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/773847031467454/
LeBlond 2516 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1547931549107503/
Warner & Swasey #5 turret - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/349164174653389/
Axelson (model unknown) - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/299013199492662/
Axelson 20x72 (23x72) - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1356327788537011/
Monarch, Warner & Swasey, and Tarnow (sizes/models unknown) - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/783843980468865/
Axelson Model 25 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/242696338188867/
Axelson Model 18 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1237145056881927/
American 20x80 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1912478595836855/
American Pacemaker 20x72 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/248419155008525/
Vantage VM1740 17x40 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1494107184490308/
Vectrax 16X60 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/966963421667841/
LeBlond (unknown size) - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/180863155050431/
Summit 19x60 - https://www.facebook.com/share/5M7ctrLaCP2aJqZS/?mibextid=79PoIi
Cincinnati Hydroshift 15x42 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/25530528966562491/
Cincinnati 15 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2191211061212535/
Sheldon 15x42 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/942112254170049/

 

[challenger]

Prices are WAY too high.

 

[Rob F.]

Are they all from the same guy? or the same few guys?

 

[CAMasochism]

Prices are WAY too high.

In the words of the average gunbroker listing, "I know what I got."

 

[4GSR]

All those lathes look well worn out and ready to be put to the pasture in the local recycling center.

 

[cranium]

That Sheldon looks good.

 

[4GSR]

That Sheldon looks good.

That Sheldon has seen better days! But, if I had to pick one, that would be my first pick of the list. At least I've rebuilt three of them in my past with varying results. Price is still too high for my likings.

 

[M.B. Naegle]

Looks like the typical back-street oilfield shop offerings from Houston IMO. Half of those just might sell for what they're asking though, because it's not machinists that are buying them but the people in the office. Then it's the shop mechanics job to work magic and make them "work" again.

 

[CDR243]

In the words of the average gunbroker listing, "I know what I got."

The big iron in CA auctions went for nothing over the last two days. A nice Monarch 80 (36x72) went for 5k, Most of the Axelson wend for 750 - 1250.

 

[steve-l]

That 13" L&S looks good and that is NOT a 13" lathe. That swing is at least 18" and it has a two speed TS. It is not a tool room version though, but the price is good. If it works, it's worth a lot more.

 

[dutchgray]

That 13" L&S looks good and that is NOT a 13" lathe. That swing is at least 18" and it has a two speed TS. It is not a tool room version though, but the price is good. If it works, it's worth a lot more.

The one with the CVA badge? That one is an English "built" machine I believe
Definitely worth more than 3k if it's not plain wore out or something important is broken.

 

[challenger]

The one with the CVA badge? That one is an English "built" machine I believe
Definitely worth more than 3k if it's not plain wore out or something important is broken.

No longer shows as being available.

 

[Colt Ables]

I went and looked at the Cincinnati 15 since it was close to me. Lots of carriage wear so walked away.

@steve-l I am not sure on the size of that L&S but in the last picture it clearly says "13" PowerTurn" on the tray and @challenger it is showing available again as of now.

 

[steve-l]

I went and looked at the Cincinnati 15 since it was close to me. Lots of carriage wear so walked away.

@steve-l I am not sure on the size of that L&S but in the last picture it clearly says "13" PowerTurn" on the tray and @challenger it is showing available again as of now.

I cannot read that number, but it could say 13, but that is not the swing over the bed. It is the swing over the carriage. The tag that states the swing over the bed is a small tag just under the spindle speed select knob. (That knob selects the lamps that indicate the correct handle position for that speed) It cannot be read in those photos. I know this because I own the tool room model of that same lathe and mine swings 18" over the bed. That lathe weighs around 11,000 lbs and it has at least a 15 hp motor, perhaps even a 20 hp.

 

[4GSR]

That Lehmann Hydrotrol lathe is listed as a 25" lathe. That is not a 25", it's a 20" that swings around 23". That's a L-1 spindle nose not a L-2 as a 25" lathe would have. Old 1940's vintage, I assume it is, from what I used to know about these lathes. It appears to be in halfway decent shape. Big question would be, what kind of shape are the hydraulic clutches in the headstock? Are they so worn that it slips when engaged? or under load? Big negative for me is no taper attachment. Nice bed length.