It's got a Reeves drive and has it's tailstock on backwards. It is advertised as a 42" lathe. Other than that I'm wondering if any of you can identify what I'm looking at here. The owner is asking $500.
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Name This Jet Lathe
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Looks like a Jet 1442. Can’t comment on the asking price.
Isn't there any type of data plate with electrical, etc.??
We have 2 in our high school shop set up. They work fine, except it's got the Reeves drive. The lowest speed is not very low, you can only change speed with the lathe running, and the availability of a replacement sheave, when eventually one goes bad, is unlikely. If you're handy and could retrofit it with a VFD when the time comes, they are otherwise satisfactory, IMHO.
. I haven't seen it. It's a Craigslist ad about an hour and a half away. We may be buying a place with a 24'x36' shop soon so I think I'll wait and get a modern VFD controlled lathe.
. I have thought of that but for a 14" lathe I doubt it would be worth my time.
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As Owen and Dean have said it is a Jet 1442 with Reeves drive. I almost bought one fifteen years ago, but instead I bought it's rival, the Delta 1440 with Reeves drive. The Delta sold for about $700 on sale and the Jet was typically a hundred dollars higher. The Reeves pulleys on both lathes were die cast zinc which turned out to be a durability problem for variable spaced pulley service. Another issue with the Jet, Delta and similar entry level Reeves drive lathes is that the slowest speed is still way too fast for a bowl lathe. While the Jet was a little better than the Delta in reliability and maintenance, I wouldn't give a plug nickel for either of them.
Had a HF lathe with Reeves drive. Never again. Went with a Rikon with VS.
Thanks fellers.
The reeves drive is the weak component on these lathes, they wear out over time and need regular cleaning and lubrication to work properly. Wood dust tends to gum up the moving parts of the pulleys which need to ride freely on the motor shaft and head-stock shaft.