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Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.
Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.

Custom banjo rim LATHE with neck radius drill press. TONS of banjo build tools.

$ 1583.97

Availability: 19 in stock
  • Brand: Unbranded
  • Instrument: banjo
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    Old cast iron lathe. Completely set up with the pie plate jigs for holding a banjo rim. Has 2 ROCKPORT manual feeders that hold the knives. In this manner you can make perfectly flat and straight cuts into a banjo rim. I've used this to lathe over 200 different rims and have both cut new rims from blanks and have refit flanges and tonerings to older rims in the most perfect manner possible. I don't know the name of the original lathe but I know it's from the USA and is built to last, not some Chinese piece of crap. It originally came from a swiss clock makers shop somewhere around Boston MA. I got it in a trade and gave about 00 for it without the second feeder nor the pie plates or all the additional included tools (about 00). The second feeder is there to make cutting a blank rim easier and prevent you from having to adjust the other feeder to mill out the inside will of the rim. I will include a facemask which is a must. Never ever run a lathe without a facemask. Included in this sale is a stand up drill press from Toshiba that has my neck radius jig attached. This makes fitting a neck to an 11" banjo rim FAR EASIER than any other method I know of.
    The lathe comes completely apart and I've moved it myself, in pieces in the past BUT I WILL NOT SHIP IT UNLESS YOU ARRANGE FOR A SHIPPING COMPANY TO PICK IT UP. This listing is for both the lathe and neck radius drill/tool and you will need to bring a truck to pick it up. I'll be happy to show you how to use these tools when you arrive.
    I've not used either in about 5 years and I'm not getting back into the hobby. If you want to build banjos these tools are rare and a must have.
    The lathe has alittle over a 6" swing and coould be used to cut up to a 12" banjo rim. The pie plates will also expand to hold a resonator. The pie plates that hold the rim are CUSTOM MILLED for the singular purpose of building banjos and they were very expensive to add to this tool. I have found them to be the best way to correctly and safely hold a banjo rim.