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Dave H (MI)

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An old Logan from (I believe) the 1970's. Came with the original brochure with options purchased marked in pen, user manual, and parts manual. Has a 3 jaw chuck, face plate, chucks and wrenches, some drills and tooling, a couple of keyless chucks and a lot of other stuff I don't know what it is. 12" lathe with a 2 hp motor. 220v three phase. Price was good but it needs a little TLC. Checked with Logan before I jumped in and they have pretty much all parts for it. Runs and sounds good. Quiet, no gear noise to speak of. I know I have to do some work on it, but not thinking it is anything major. Buddy of mine who has owned a similar Logan for 35 plus years went with me to check it out. He has offered to help me set it up and show me a few things. I buy used equipment on the iceberg theory...you can see 30% of what is there. The rest is what makes it interesting.
 
You will have some fun with that ! Much more modern than most old lathes. Is that a resevoir for coolant in the center?
 
1970? Just getting broken in. Nice looking machine. You have 3 phase available, or can you switch the motor?
 
A phase converter will run that 3 phase motor. Would be cheaper to replace the motor though.
 
VFD is the only way to go!

Not much you cant make or fix with a lathe and a mill (or milling attachment for your lathe)
 
Yes, infinitely variable between (approx) 50 and 2000 rpm in direct drive. A lot slower in back gear. Change it while turning. And it works too. Hate to tell you but I pulled this home from Ohio.
 
My lab has a Logan older than that one, and abused by learners from day one. Parts are available. Looks very nice. Well done. Jim
 
Yes, chip pan has a drain for coolant collection. Reservoir, pump, etc were not purchased with lathe originally but it came set up for it.
 
I've been using a static phase converter (about $75) on my 2HP mill for years and it works great. Just switched the motor wiring (as per its diagram) from 440 to 220 volts.
 
Looks like a good machine. I have a 40's 13 inch South Bend, I use a lot. While working at my factory job, I would hang around the machine shop. I learned alot from those old guys. Stan.
 
Now if it did not come with it you need a steady rest for the end to change out the tail stock with for long stuff. Like combine shafts and such.
 
Funny you would post this right now. Last week I purchased a Clausing, similar size, hauled it home on a similar trailer, tied down with straps. Got it home and determined the seller didn't own up to the problems with the machine. But to his credit he did agree to refund my money. So loaded the lathe back on the trailer, strapped it down for the return trip. It was early, damp and dark on the return trip and I hit a speed bump really hard, didn't notice the straps had come loose. Had to make a sharp left turn right after the bump and the lathe toppled off the side of the trailer. Every piece on the lathe was either cracked, bent or broken. I returned it to the seller as is and walked away. The seller said he't part it out.

Next time any top heavy load will be chained down, not strapped. Loosing my money annoyed about as much as the fact that I ruined a perfectly good machine.
 
Deeretails ...... sounds like no money exchanged hands after the return. You say you ruined a perfectly good machine ..... but earlier you
said there were problems resulting in you taking it back. So it wasn't perfectly good then ???
 
It could have been made perfectly good with a mild infusion of money, but it wasn't supposed to ned the infusion, so I returned it. I didn't get my money back, just threw money out the window, been way ahead if i'd fixed it.
 
Mike,
My dad passed in 1985. He used 3 phase motor, motor contactor and capacitors to make 3 phase out of 220v single phase. Or you could use large start and run capacitors to make 3 phase.

Dad had an old craftsman cast iorn table saw. He installed a 3 phase motor on the saw. Over powered the saw, nothing could stop it. He would knock the bearings out of the saw.

Helped him build the last converter before he passed. It had to run two 25 hp 3 phase motors on drainage pumps. We had to cheat a little. Couldn't get the required hp so we installed a smaller pulley on motors. No one was smart enough to calculate the gallons per minute.
geo
 
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