After a few months of searching, I finally have a lathe. It's a Logan 955. I picked it up today and got it home disassembled in the back of my truck. I had a few questions that I hope I can get some help with. The motor was dead and was not mounted in the lathe when I first saw it. When I picked up the lathe today the owner had removed the. I have a Logan 6561H lathe and I need the electric motor for this machine.If I cant find one I need the horsepower and RPMs of the original motor to see if I can find a replacement I can adapt.
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I have recently purchased a Logan lathe model 6561-H I am looking for someone to point me in the direction where I might find Manuals and parts for this machine. It looks to be in great shape and was told it came from a tech school. I have watched and read some forum posts on here and I'm not hearing a lot of negative info....Please help I'm listening....Thanks
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Here is the Logan Lathe Store
Click on Machine Manuals, your parts list and instructions for 6500 series is about 3/4 way down the page, if that's the one your looking for. Looks like it's well supported.
I'm certain some others will know of other places as well.
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Thank You.....For your help....The Logan Lathe store was exactly what I was looking for!
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I posted a Newby Guidance thread earlier this year and received a lot of positive help from all of you, so thanks to all for getting me started. As some may know, I rebuilt my SB 9A and I am a happy camper. It works wonderful, and I'm only sorting out some minor bugs with the clutch operation, otherwise, it operates well, it's quiet, and looks great. Anyway, I've become so addicted to machining that I carry my Iphone with me at ALL times and am constantly searching ebay for more tooling and stuff. In my searches, I came across a Logan 6561H 14x40 geared head lathe and the looks of it caught my attention. I bought it for a somewhat fair price, but not a great deal. I decided to pay a mover this time because the machine was too intimidating for me to deal with and my time is very limited right now. It only took the mover a few minutes to load, unload and get into my garage. WOW! This thing is massive! I thought my SB 9A was a stout looking machine, and now it looks like a toy compare to the Logan. LOL!
QUESTIONS:
1) The Logan 6561H has an L-00 spindle. I would like to remove the 3 Jaw Buck Chuck from it, but I can't seem to find a way to lock the machine from turning. I know I have to remove the collar behind the chuck (I'll have to make a spanner or try to be gentle with a punch). But again, I don't know how to lock the spindle from turning. I put the machine in back gear (I think), but the machine still spins freely.
2) By the looks of it, this machine had one of those quick change collet assemblies, but was not included. Can someone take a look at the picture(s) and let me know if you can tell if that is the case? The hand wheel at rear of the headstock has a collar mounted on it that appears to be part of the quick change mechanism. It also has a bracket mounted to the left of hand wheel that appear to be a leverage connection point. It would be nice to eventually buy or make the parts to complete the quick change assembly. All suggestions welcome.
PLAN OF ATTACK
Wow, did I say this thing is Massive? I'll be working on getting my rotary phase converter set up correctly. I bought a used one that only has a start-up capacitor set up, but I want to add run capacitors to balance the loads better. Since I already have the SB 9A, I can take my time cleaning the Logan up and making sure it's well tuned before I fire her up and start making BIG chips. As always, I appreciate everyones input and guidance, so fire away. Here is my list of to-do's:
- Clean Gear assembly (Full of grease, grime and chips... but not broken teeth from what I can tell thus far)
- Clean tailstock internals (Done! last night)
- Clean cross slide assembly, gibs, screw and lube (Done, and Smooth now)
![Logan Logan](/uploads/1/2/5/5/125518305/291853708.jpg)
- Replace the long belt from motor housing to gear head assembly.
- Order BXA Quick Change Tool Post
WISH LIST
- Carraige Stop
- Steady Rest
- Taper Attachment
- 5C Quick Change Collet system
Lastly, I have to say that Hardened ways are awesome. The ways don't have any ridge what so ever, like on my SB 9A. I imagine this Logan must have seen quite a bit of work in its past life, but like I said, no apparent ridge on the ways. NICE! I do have some nicks, here and there, but not bad at all by my standards.
Thanks All!