Roberto | 02/03/2021 16:57:33 |
7 forum posts 1 photos | Hello Everyone. I’m a relatively new member of the forum, and I hope this is appropriate to post. Please let me know if not and I’ll remove straight away. My father has asked if I would try to find out the value of his Schaublin lathe which he has had for many, many years, so I thought I would turn to you all for a little help. Schaublin 70 Type 70-TO 5"-10.5" 3.25" dia 3 jaw chuck 240v single phase motor
Well, hopefully someone can help. Many thanks. |
Brian Wood | 02/03/2021 18:17:48 |
2742 forum posts 39 photos | Hello Roberto, The name Shaublin implies good quality which will be in it's favour What might be a drawback to a successful sale is the lack of any kind of traversing mechanism, no rack or leadscrew, so it is a purely manual machine with only cross and compound feeds. Try it on ebay at a nominal start price of, say, £50 and see what happens. Best of luck Brian |
Dave Halford | 02/03/2021 19:37:13 |
2536 forum posts 24 photos | Do an advanced search on ebay and tag sold items, You'll get a nice list of sold machines and what they went for. |
Michael Gilligan | 02/03/2021 19:59:39 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Where are you, Roberto ? ... or perhaps more relevant : Where is the lathe ? MichaelG. |
AJAX | 02/03/2021 20:17:03 |
433 forum posts 42 photos | No screw cutting or power feed. Mixture of drive pulleys including those for flat belt. No back gear. I'd estimate about £120 - £180 |
Roberto | 02/03/2021 20:56:43 |
7 forum posts 1 photos | Posted by Dave Halford on 02/03/2021 19:37:13:
Do an advanced search on ebay and tag sold items, You'll get a nice list of sold machines and what they went for. Great idea! Thanks Dave. R |
Roberto | 02/03/2021 20:57:52 |
7 forum posts 1 photos | Posted by Michael Gilligan on 02/03/2021 19:59:39:
Where are you, Roberto ? ... or perhaps more relevant : Where is the lathe ? MichaelG. Hi Michael, I'm in the New Forest, Hampshire (UK) R |
Roberto | 02/03/2021 21:00:33 |
7 forum posts 1 photos | Posted by Brian Wood on 02/03/2021 18:17:48:
Hello Roberto, The name Shaublin implies good quality which will be in it's favour What might be a drawback to a successful sale is the lack of any kind of traversing mechanism, no rack or leadscrew, so it is a purely manual machine with only cross and compound feeds. Try it on ebay at a nominal start price of, say, £50 and see what happens. Best of luck Brian Hi Brian & AJAX, Good points. I believe they were built for watchmakers. Thanks for the advice. R |
John Haine | 02/03/2021 21:16:03 |
5563 forum posts 322 photos | Google Anglo Swiss tools and ask them. |
Michael Gilligan | 02/03/2021 21:33:43 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by Roberto on 02/03/2021 20:57:52: . I'm in the New Forest, Hampshire (UK) . Thanks for that, Roberto ... I have sent you a ‘Personal Message’ MichaelG. |
Bob Stevenson | 02/03/2021 22:00:05 |
579 forum posts 7 photos | I think this item might be worth considerably more than is being suggested here....it has little interest to model engineers but is an important horological lathe which is relatively rare to aquire and quite desirable in certain quarters. At Epping Forest Horology Club we have two similar lathes which are in marginally better appearance....when we were looking at aquiring a third lathe three or four years back we determined that the club would need to spend between £1500 and £3000 to get a machine of similar age and condition....our two lathes are about 40 years old.
The other matters which affect price are the conidtion of the slides and what collets/kit is included...collets are difficult to come by secondhand and expensive. For horologists the 3 jaw chuck is superfluous and has no real value other than resale......The 'arranged' power system is also probably a throw away for serious horological users as they will want to use one of the purpose made Schaublin pulley systems. Another possibility is to sell as components as there is always people looking for parts such as a good bed or tailstock casting etc |
S.D.L. | 02/03/2021 22:25:41 |
236 forum posts 37 photos | I sold one some years ago, Expect 4-500 pounds, more if with good selection of collets or optional slides. This is a instrument makers lath so will not have many of the features some are talking about. Ebay or similar with a reserve will probably find the best offer.
Steve |
Bill Pudney | 02/03/2021 23:21:29 |
622 forum posts 24 photos | I agree that this machine is worth considerably more than was suggested early on in the post. Sure there are things that are against it...the drive system and fairly battered appearance being a couple. However if the "bones" are good, it would be quite a valuable little machine. Best of luck to the OP!! cheers Bill.
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Ady1 | 03/03/2021 05:05:54 |
![]() 6137 forum posts 893 photos | They used to come up quite regularly on ebay, 2-400 pounds Nice machines but very limited without bits The real value is in the bits if it comes with a bunch of bits then the more bits there are the more you can ask, a nice unit with all the extra kit can command far far more interest and money A pultra 1590 probably cost about the same as a coronation street house in 1947 I got mine without bits for 50 quid in 2012 On the plus side, you have the base section which is essential for a serious user, it completes the box section layout of the machine and ensures maximum bed stiffness 2
Edited By Ady1 on 03/03/2021 05:21:54 |
Roberto | 03/03/2021 12:48:37 |
7 forum posts 1 photos | Thank you all very much for the time you have taken to reply. |
Thomas wilkinson | 06/03/2021 17:08:21 |
1 forum posts | If you’ve ever selling it, let me know I could do with something of this scale |
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