The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Are you considering 12" or sticking to small formats?

If it's Europe then I would be interested. We are not exactly spoiled for choice. I don't think you would have trouble undercutting them if you'll pardon the phrase...

Thanks for the info. It's good to see some public spirited effort is being made to show what's on offer here. Specs as diligent as 'Ultra long life' and 'best sound' is what we have to suffer here in Europe... I would be interested to give this one a try. Can you ship to APO boxes?

Yours is a 2 stage right? I'm a bit confused as to how to run them without oil - I thought it was necessary to create the seal and lubricate the moving parts.

Ok, I didn't know that it would still work without the oil pump. Did you remove it to reduce the maintenance and oil vapour?

hi I used so many pumps and gave up completely and used my plastic tweezers for a few years to remove swarf until I found a 1958 speedivac laboratory vacuum with the oil pump at the top ,it was used for 50years at my old analytical job were we use to suck the air out of a pressurised oven full of r...

I have had some dealings with Agnew Analog (https://agnewanalog.com/) and despite being very busy, always replies emails. If you're on a budget you can get a custom lathe, head, pitch control, suspension and sort out a stepper/servo motor and housing yourself. Production is in Greece. Very easy pers...

Hi Mike - if I was still in the USA I probably wouldn't think twice. Shipping to Europe would involve a fair amount of extra costs and hassle but I will send you an email later. If you can send me a list of restored lathes that would be great.

Hi, I know this has been covered a few times, but I'm still trying to figure out a way into this... I have been in loose contact with Souri for the last few years in an attempt to acquire a VR. I knew from the start he was a very particular man to deal with. However, given his reputation and how lon...