July 13, 201114 yr Paying $1000 for it with extra jaws, steady rests, and a trunk load of other extras. Ran smooth. I am excited.
August 3, 201114 yr 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. ??
August 25, 201114 yr Nice, wish I had a lathe with a thread cutting gearbox rather than change wheels!
October 6, 201114 yr 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
October 6, 201114 yr 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.
October 8, 201114 yr Looking good. Logan (Logan Actuator Harvard Illinois) still has many parts available for these machines.
October 8, 201114 yr 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...
October 9, 201114 yr 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
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