Product Spotlight Sheldon

In today's Product Spotlight, we are showcasing a Sheldon 10x24 lathe.
Model: EXL 46-B
Serial: EXL 21079
16 Speed: (From research, not confirmed) 50, 70, 90, 120, 130, 175, 225, 270, 300, 365, 460, 635, 680, 930, 1185, and 1600 r.p.m
Included:
4 Jaw chuck, 3 jaw chuck
High-Speed Tooling
Tool Post
Extra set of change gears (I believe they are metric, but not 100%)
And more
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[@paul5683]

What a cute little lathe and it really works. 😅

[@mahmoudesmael-rm6jn]

❤

[@mahmoudesmael-rm6jn]

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[@martinprecisiontools]

Thanks! The price is listed here martinprecision.com/products/sheldon-lathe-10x24

[@absolute___zero]

for some (not understandable) reason these (used) machines are sold for very high price, while a gantry CNC router will do everything this machine does and more + it is more precise and programmable. It is like people who own these old machines don't want to admit they lost money due to technological advances

[@martinprecisiontools]

Well, sub 3k for a machine with tooling is a good price. When you consider some of the chucks I have costed almost that much. That said, lathes can do things CNC routers can't, and CNC routers can do things lathes can't. In a machine shop there is a place for both.

[@absolute___zero]

@@martinprecisiontoolswell, you can put a rotating platform on a gantry CNC router (so called 4th axis) and you will have the part rotating and the spindle with the tool rotating, works as replacement for lathe