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Enco 12 X 36 Lathe

Had the opertunity to get a used 12 X 36 Enco gear head gap bed lathe. It is so much better than to

9 X 20 in accuracy, fit and finish. The lathe dates back to 1998, it came out of a R&D outfit that used

it maybe 3 or 4 times, they had no one who knew how to use it. The lathe only had the 3 jaw chuck with

one set of jaws and an Aloris wedge style tool post, no comparison to the phase III that i had on the

9X20. I have since built a 5c collet closer and picked up another chuck. I will post pictures and

dimensions of the closer as i get time. Still need to order a set of metric change gears, well anyway it

was an "offer i could not refuse", Haul it away!

Machining

Adding a flood coolant system to the mill drill.

I used an HVAC condensate pump that was salvaged from a job. Specs are 65gph flow rate, 1 foot lift, into 3/8 inch open discharge, 120 Volts A.C. The discharge tubing that I used is 1/4 inch I.D.  Installed unit into an 2-1/2 gallon container, hooked up vinyl tubing and electrical lines to the pump and mill. The whole installation and setup took less than an hour of time. Cost was $2.41 for 1/4" vinyl tube, $3.21 for 1/2" vinyl tube, $5.61 for container, $0.00 for the pump, (these pumps can be had for about $40.00 new). 

 

Parts needed for coolant pump.

Cutting holes for wire and tubing.

Making the standoffs for the pump in the lathe.

Stainless screen mounted over pump intake.

Hooking up discharge tubing to pump.

And the finished pump, ready to be mounted to the mill.

Coolant pump installed on the mill.

Pump in action....

Thanks Jon,  for the coolant....