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  • LHT-25B - Small Turret Lathe

    From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 18 14:14:16 2021
    Picked up another project. An old Taiwan made LHT-25B small turret
    lathe. Missing a couple covers, and not running. Previous owner was
    fitting a 3 phase motor, but had not finished it. If the motor is good
    I'll slap a VFD on it. He was going to use the capacitor method to run
    it.

    Turret works and advances. 5c collet closes works and locks up. There
    are a few small parts I make that would go very fast on this machine. I actually use a manual advanced turret in the tail stock of one of my
    other lathes now.

    I got it cheap enough I could sell a few things that came with it and
    make a small profit, but I would rather service it and use it rtaher
    than scrap it out.

    Anyway, I did not get a manual or manuals for it. I know its a long
    shot, but I figure I'd ask if anybody has a copy of the manual(s) for
    this machine before they would let go before I spring for a "free"
    manual from behind a subscription paywall.



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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 18 18:14:19 2021
    On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:14:16 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    Picked up another project. An old Taiwan made LHT-25B small turret
    lathe. Missing a couple covers, and not running. Previous owner was
    fitting a 3 phase motor, but had not finished it. If the motor is good
    I'll slap a VFD on it. He was going to use the capacitor method to run
    it.

    Turret works and advances. 5c collet closes works and locks up. There
    are a few small parts I make that would go very fast on this machine. I >actually use a manual advanced turret in the tail stock of one of my
    other lathes now.

    I got it cheap enough I could sell a few things that came with it and
    make a small profit, but I would rather service it and use it rtaher
    than scrap it out.

    Anyway, I did not get a manual or manuals for it. I know its a long
    shot, but I figure I'd ask if anybody has a copy of the manual(s) for
    this machine before they would let go before I spring for a "free"
    manual from behind a subscription paywall.

    Apparently, they are relatively common, sold under various badges.
    Google brought up lots. Here is one:

    .<https://ozarktoolmanuals.com/machinemanual/jet-enco-msc-super-precision-asian-turret-lathe-lhttl92040-instructions-parts-manual/>


    Joe Gwinn

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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Joe Gwinn on Mon Oct 18 18:37:01 2021
    On 10/18/2021 3:14 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:14:16 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    Picked up another project. An old Taiwan made LHT-25B small turret
    lathe. Missing a couple covers, and not running. Previous owner was
    fitting a 3 phase motor, but had not finished it. If the motor is good
    I'll slap a VFD on it. He was going to use the capacitor method to run
    it.

    Turret works and advances. 5c collet closes works and locks up. There
    are a few small parts I make that would go very fast on this machine. I
    actually use a manual advanced turret in the tail stock of one of my
    other lathes now.

    I got it cheap enough I could sell a few things that came with it and
    make a small profit, but I would rather service it and use it rtaher
    than scrap it out.

    Anyway, I did not get a manual or manuals for it. I know its a long
    shot, but I figure I'd ask if anybody has a copy of the manual(s) for
    this machine before they would let go before I spring for a "free"
    manual from behind a subscription paywall.

    Apparently, they are relatively common, sold under various badges.
    Google brought up lots. Here is one:

    .<https://ozarktoolmanuals.com/machinemanual/jet-enco-msc-super-precision-asian-turret-lathe-lhttl92040-instructions-parts-manual/>


    Joe Gwinn



    Yep, and Amazon shows one that actually shows the CORRECT machine on the
    manual at about twice that price. I also found a couple "free" behind
    pay walls that you have to subscribe to and then remember to cancel.
    Found all of those using Google before posting.

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