Laoich23 Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Paying $1000 for it with extra jaws, steady rests, and a trunk load of other extras. Ran smooth. I am excited. Quote
David Einhorn Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Excellent, congratulations sounds like a great buy! Quote
Swamptroll Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 It sounds good, just remember SAFETY first when running it Quote
Norseman C.B. Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 I've got a Logan 820 myself, good little lathe, I'll have to look up a pic of yours Or maybe you can post a pic. ?? Quote
Arbalist Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Nice, wish I had a lathe with a thread cutting gearbox rather than change wheels! Quote
Norseman C.B. Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 I like the steel desk mount idea you can keep all your tooling organized and right close to the action along with ease of cleanup I think there is a model that has a desk bench type base Quote
HWooldridge Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 Logans are good machines; similar to a small SB or Sheldon. It looks like the 3-jaw has reversible jaws; a good thing in a small chuck. You'll want a 4-jaw if it didn't come with the package. IIRC, the Jet machines were modeled on the Logan. Quote
progun3400 Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 Looking good. Logan (Logan Actuator Harvard Illinois) still has many parts available for these machines. Quote
Fe-Wood Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 I have a logan! Its a little small for my needs at this point but was a perfect first lathe for me. If this is your 1st lathe, May I suggest the SouthBend book "how to run a lathe"? Its a really good place to start... Quote
pkrankow Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 There is a fella on ebay who has reproductions of the original manuals for many of these old machines. I got my Atlas manual from him. While change gears are good, a gear box is better! Phil Quote
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