Thread: Techinspector Have you seen a 12ft Leblond lathe?

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12 foot that a big old girl you can do drive shaft s from a shool bus in that one . how much swing do you have ? i have had two smaller lathes.i sold one both very old but still works great. i use it all the time to make parts or tools i can swing 14 but i never do anything that big. i was looking for more swing to do rims and drums .there was one down the road from my shop that must had a 24 face plate short bed. the guy was closeing his shop. first thing i ask about was his lathe .he said he gave it to his son .i was happy in one way i started to think .if he said yes .how the hell was i going to move it was BIGand made back when iron was cheap she was all iron and all no tin

I would love to see some picture of the lathe. Sound like an incredible tool!!