If I can't cut a staff out with this baby I'll quit.
It is going to take me 6 months to pay for it & a year to learn how to use it all.
It is a Used Lorch KD-50 in the original box.

A beautiful micro-Lathe. Finishing a one-off steel balance staff takes a Huuuge RPM range, or a lot of polishing.Please remember though, success making things depends on the experience of the machinist. It is only enhanced by the machine.

Where did you get it, Patrick?

Patrick,

You're sure lucky to get one of those. Whatever you're paying for it, it's well worth the $$$. Very nice lathe!

William

WoW Patrick ! That's very cool .......

Nice Lathe Patrick


Curly

Eric, I was on 'you tube' and watching lathe videos and it was featured there. I was told they no longer make or sell them. (Bummer) Then I started hitting web sites and emailing & found this puppy. The price, I don't want to talk about. It makes me sick.....

David. You are so right. Your theory is spot on. I could buy a 747, but if I can't fly it why but it.
I graduated from a 2 year course on automotive machining in 1965 and two years after that from automotive body & fender repair. Then a 2 year mechanical science course. My first job was machining mechanical fuel injection nozzles in Seattle. When all was said and done I was driving Long Haul for a large outfit out of Tacoma, WA. Now, I'm screwed, blued & retired. I also drove city bus for 10 years in Seattle and Everett, WA.