Sherline 1000 Hobbyist Lathe (3x8ish Inches)

[Karate Monkey]

Older Sherline Lathe, officially a 3x8, but the reality is that you will not be able to work much longer than 7".



What sets this apart from a modern Sherline? It's got adjustable gibs, which afford a level of control you do not get on modern hobbyist lathes, as well as magneto bearings in the headstock. The magneto bearings are of the same general design as "cup and cone" bearings on a bicycle, so can be set for exacting clearances.

Both combine to create a lathe capable of extremely tight tolerance.

This is a reasonable training machine for a larger manual lathe, since it has a similar gib setup. The motor has been serviced [requires oil on the bushings periodically], and the headstock/handwheels have been serviced/adjusted. The ways are free of defects, only having staining from lubricants.



Included is what is visible: The lathe (bed, cross-slide, headstock, tailstock, motor), and [cleaned/serviced] 3-jaw scroll-chuck, with tommy-bars.

Looking for $500 as setup. Some other parts (cutters, posts) may be added for an additional cost. Will consider selling the bare lathe--minus the chuck--for $300, if desired.

 

[Hair Face]

I've never used one of these but have always been curious about them and thought they looked reasonably well made. I almost purchased one to install in a glove box for a very specific task I was trying to figure out some years back.

 

[ekuhn]

I almost purchased one to install in a glove box for a very specific task I was trying to figure out some years back.

Need more information on what you would need a traveling lathe in a glove box.

 

[Hair Face]

I used to work for a company that manufactured spectroscopy tools. We would purchase crystals from Saint Gobain and (re)package them (occasionally grew our own) , the packaging was performed in a glove box due to the use of dangerous packaging materials (Galium?), occasionally something would go wrong in the packaging process and rather than scrap the crystals they were trying to get me, the machinist, to come up with a way to salvage them. The best option I came up with was to purchase another glove box and install a sacrificial lathe to open the containers at the weld joint.

 

[Matt_]

Need more information on what you would need a traveling lathe in a glove box.

I didn't think he's talking about the type of glove box you're thinking of 😄

 

[Karate Monkey]

These machines are made for work between wood and soft metal (brass/aluminum). The design of the milling machines allows more leeway for material.

They can cut steel, but it has to be mild/else you need to take extremely light passes due to the size of the tooling/posts. There are some aftermarket QR tool posts that have acceptable stiffness with a 3/8 tool with short extension to make 002-003 passes on steel. Carbide tooling helps, but you can't fix the flexing due to the size of the mounting points.

They're great machines for 1) modifying parts (here, things like screws/end caps), or making miniature things (jewelry, watch parts, small pivots, etc). Some people use them to make pens, rings, etc etc.

 

[Patrick]

Gallium. Yeah.

We.had an alarm on the lab with gallium. If it went off, you put your head between your legs and kissed your ass goodbye

 

[shrpshtr325]

Gallium. Yeah.

We.had an alarm on the lab with gallium. If it went off, you put your head between your legs and kissed your ass goodbye

Man you must have been doing lots of yoga back then

 

[Karate Monkey]

I am motivated to sell this to someone who isn't a weirdo from Facebook or eBay.

Bicycle weirdos accepted.

 

[w_b]

one time way back in the 90's, my shattered leg needed a Gallium scan. it was like third in a series of scans...
hoo boy dat was epic. it was Gallium FTW BTW.

also, edit:
I have a CNC version of this lathe with stepper motors instead of handwheels. Not for sale.
what K-Monkey says is true, doh.

 

[the schwartz]

I want this
I think I need to ask my wife if I'm allowed to buy it.
What else would I need to start making giant piles of wood shavings? Wood cutting tool (chisel? They look like chisels)... Anything else?

 

[Karate Monkey]

I want this
I think I need to ask my wife if I'm allowed to buy it.
What else would I need to start making giant piles of wood shavings? Wood cutting tool (chisel? They look like chisels)... Anything else?

FYI, this is a 3x8" (inches) lathe. While it can be used for woodworking, it does not natively have a T-rest, and you are limited in size of your stock to, essentially, pen-sized stuff. It can be expanded to work with 4.5" stock, but you are still length limited.

If you are still interested, you would need: a live center for the tailstock, an MT1 drive center, and someone to weld up a t-rest. You could modify a tool holder (which I could include) to set the t-rest into it. You could also rest the gouge on top of the tool holder, but that's considered skeevy at best.

You would need a set of turning gouges (at least a parting blade/skew).

If I haven't scared you away, send me a PM 👍