Nichols lathe for sale

Larry... Please send me an email with a few details...

My kid lives in Spanaway and can check it out for me..

thanks!

Mac

Don't do it Larry! He'll gloat and gloat, and make us all jealous.

Bad enough when he upgraded last time....

I bought Larry's Stubby 750 when he "upgraded" to the Nichols. I saw the Nichols lathe in his shop, and I must say, it is very impressive. He had it build to his specificiation, including a crane for lifting the heavy stone burning blanks onto the lathe.

Our transaction went very smoothly, and he went BEYOND our agreement, to make sure I was satisfied.

Larry, what are your plans?

Leo, thanks for the plug. As with the Stubby, I'm most interested in seeing the Nichols go to a good home. I'll miss it, seems like a part of the family. As for my woodturning future--the wife and I have wanderlust at the moment, we plan to spend a couple of years traveling about the US and perhaps overseas, and so rather than store the lathe and other shop items for that period, I've decided to part with them. I'll keep a second smaller lathe.

-Larry

Mac, I decided to respond here, as other folks may be interested. You can see the lathe evenings or weekends. Please call:

work 206.576.1078 home 425.828.0531

I paid over $9000 in 2003 for the lathe and accessories (items 1 to 11 below). I think I bought one of everything that John Nichols had to offer. My asking price is $6000, which is negotiable. However, if you ante up the full asking price, I'll throw in a lot of extra stuff. Here's the list:

1. The basic lathe body on casters/screw jacks, including headstock, motor, controller, etc. It has a 50" swing over the gap; 30" over the bed. Spindle is 1.5" RH. Taper is MT3 if I recall correctly; MT2 in the tailstock.
2. Sliding bed with crank that extends through the lathe body.
3. The standard length bed that attaches to the sliding bed.
4. Extended length bed.
5. Support legs for the end of the extended length bed (also has casters/screw jacks).
6. Heavy duty tailstock with ball-bearing fitting.
7. Two tool rest assemblies and several tool rests.
8. Small right-angle bed that attaches to the headstock or to the main bed.
9. Crane and winch for mounting heavy pieces.
10. Steady rest.
11. Wrenches, grease and gun, spare fuses, matching spray paint, and other similar items.

In addition, if you pay the asking price I will include the following (all fit the Nichols tapers/spindle thread):

A. Two Jamieson-style "captured" laser boring bars (one small, one very large) and associated capture assembly (from John Jordan, very nice). B. Vacuum system, including chuck, spindle insert, and vacuum pump. C. Miscellaneous revolving centers. D. Four or more faceplates (small to very large). E. Dust collection system, including tubing, vacuum cleaner, and can/top. F. One large Vicmarc chuck. G. "Jumbo jaws" and second Vicmark chuck. F. Other stuff I can't think of right now.

-Larry

I probably can't afford it, but it sounds like it would be fun to play with if I can get it into Baja...

Mac

Thanks, Larry... As I feared, it's way out of my price range... Especially since I can just visualize my kid setting it up in his garage "until our next visit" and my never seeing the lathe in Calif. or Baja.. *g*

Mac

I went to see one here in Eugene, when I was upgrading from a 4 speed Atlas. My impression was that it was made the way I would make it if I had metal skills. As a former concrete worker, I like things overbuilt rather than under built. This is a machine that I don't think that even I could wear out. I talked to John several times on the phone about other things, and liked him as a person. I had to settle for the PM

Julie, Elvie posted the above in July 2001, only seven months after your husband bought the lathe. I can't help with pricing, but this group is very morbid and for real help I would look to one of the Web-based forums, like Woodnet or the AAW's (national wood-turning club)