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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1063228" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>there's a saying in the machine world. "Anybody can run a good machine, but not everybody can run a bad one."</p><p> </p><p>When I was a kid, I got put on a nice little Southbend bench lathe that had every option. Liked running it, and could work in the .0008" range with some practice. This was before the advent of scales and such. All of a sudden they bring me a brand new Southbend. I could run it in the .0005" range all day long. Told the boss he wasted money! Sitting beside the Southbend lathe was a really ugly LeBlond 14x48 hand lathe. I mean it was really ugly! Built in 1943 with a special frame casting built for a woman. Sat about 8" lower than the American right behind it. Casting was typical war finish. Everybody hated it, so I got stuck with it. I was the only person that ran it in years. The guys in the machine repair shop saw me trying to run it one day, and came over and gave it a tune up. I could run it with in .001" all day long, but you had to actually bend over to run it. I came in one Monday morning to find the boss had it painted a very nice and shiny light grey (was a flat black).</p><p> </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1063228, member: 25383"] there's a saying in the machine world. "Anybody can run a good machine, but not everybody can run a bad one." When I was a kid, I got put on a nice little Southbend bench lathe that had every option. Liked running it, and could work in the .0008" range with some practice. This was before the advent of scales and such. All of a sudden they bring me a brand new Southbend. I could run it in the .0005" range all day long. Told the boss he wasted money! Sitting beside the Southbend lathe was a really ugly LeBlond 14x48 hand lathe. I mean it was really ugly! Built in 1943 with a special frame casting built for a woman. Sat about 8" lower than the American right behind it. Casting was typical war finish. Everybody hated it, so I got stuck with it. I was the only person that ran it in years. The guys in the machine repair shop saw me trying to run it one day, and came over and gave it a tune up. I could run it with in .001" all day long, but you had to actually bend over to run it. I came in one Monday morning to find the boss had it painted a very nice and shiny light grey (was a flat black). gary [/QUOTE]
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