Help Identifying my Lathe

[Brian G]

I have recently acquired the lathe pictured below. It is in great shape but is missing any identifying information. It seems to be of Asian origin.

I am looking to identify the unit so that I can locate a manual for it, or at least find the feed speed selection plate information so that I can reproduce it.

 

[John Conroy]

That looks very much like my CanTek CT1440 lathe. Mine was made a Taiwan in the early 90s. They seem to have been sold under lots of brand names. I have a PDF of the manual. I could email it to you if you want.

 

[Brian G]

It sure does look like an iteration of the same piece of equipment.

A copy of your pdf manual would be great. Thanks!

Email [email protected]

 

[John Conroy]

I sent a copy Brian. Let me know if it looks like the right one for your lathe.

John

 

[Brian G]

It looks like it could be the same unit with slightly different handles.
Could you get me a hi-res picture of the RPM selection chart, as well as that plaque to the left of it, on the gear cover? I am missing those.

 

[John Conroy]

I have emailed hi-res versions of these pics to Brian but in case anyone is wondering about the speed and treading charts on this lathe here they are in a lower resolution format.

John
12 speeds, 6 in each belt position

Metric threading is achieved with change gears.

 

[Tom O]

Email or take a pic of it to Modern tool they should be able to tell you and get you a manual for it.

 

[Brian G]

Thanks for these pics John. I see some apparent differences in the RPM selector. I have 3 selections for each lever. it seems that his one has two for one and three for the other. Is that correct?

Might this unit be a closer match? http://grizzly.com/products/g4016

Also, the metric info plate provides threading, as well as longitudinal and crossfeed rates, whereas the inch info plate seems to only reference threading rate. Is that correct? Is there a feed rate info plate somewhere?

 

[John Conroy]

It looks like your machine has 3 detents for each lever like mine. The middle detent on the vertical lever is neutral on my machine. With the 3 positions on the other lever I have a total of 6 speeds plus another 6 by changing belt positions. Is the middle position on one of your levers a neutral? The Grizzly machine has high and low range on one of the levers and 4 detents on the other for a total of 8 speeds. So I think it is different than either of our machines.
This a pic of the Grizzly selector levers. I have to say their manual is awesome compared to the chinglish one for my machine.

The feed rate in inches per revolution depends on the change gears that are in use but this chart is good for most applications. I have it printed and tacked to the wall near the machine.

John