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mountainGJ

29/01/2008 9:03 AM

Rockwell International 46-111 wood lathe value

I was wondering if someone could let me know what a Rockwell Inter.
46-111 wood lathe is worth. The prices that I have found are from a
1973 catalog, the lathe was $139.99, the lathe and stand was $199.99
and a 1/2 hp motor was $64.99. I haven't seen the lathe yet so don't
know the condition so I am figuring avarage condition for everything,
the prices that I come to are, lathe and stand: $75, motor: $15.00,
tools: $5.00 all totalling $95.00. Is that a fare price or should I
figure in something else? The seller is asking $350.


This topic has 7 replies

wt

wood turner

in reply to mountainGJ on 29/01/2008 9:03 AM

05/01/2020 4:44 AM

replying to mountainGJ, wood turner wrote:
I know that this comment was posted a while ago but do you by any chance still
have your 46-111 lathe and the parts to it? Or if you don't have it do you
know anybody who has replacement parts? Thanks

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mountainGJ

in reply to mountainGJ on 29/01/2008 9:03 AM

31/01/2008 7:38 AM

On Jan 30, 10:51=A0am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Jan 30, 8:56 am, mountainGJ <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
> Gary - I am sure we are all glad to help as we can. =A0But if you are
> still following this, get over to the woodturning newsgroup:
>
> =A0 rec.crafts.woodturning
>
> It is carried by just about everyone and is dedicated to turning. =A0The
> archives are great and are easily searchable with Google.
>
> Robert

Thank your the heads up. At your suggestion I am now a subscriber ot
rec.crafts.woodturning. I'll look around and see what I can find.

Gary

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mountainGJ

in reply to mountainGJ on 29/01/2008 9:03 AM

30/01/2008 6:56 AM

On Jan 29, 8:37=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Jan 29, 5:19 pm, Tanus <[email protected]> wrote:
> :
>
> >http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-Wood-...
> > andhttp://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-woodw=
...
>
> > The second one has some tools included.
>
> I would sure take another look at that first one. =A0It is a dead ringer
> for the 46-111. =A0It may be a variant, but that is essentially the same
> lathe.
>
> The reason you don't see that old lathe anymore is that they quit
> making them about 30 years ago when Rockwell got out of the medium
> sized shop tools and went to a mix of all professional heavy duty
> tools, and all consumer junk.
>
> Robert

Thank you for your suggestions and input. I really appreciate it. I
think, unless the seller comes down with his asking price to around
$100, I'm going to look elsewhere. I'm new to using lathes and don't
have a lot of money but I also don't want to pay $350 for something
that is over 30 years old and possibly a piece of junk.

Thanks again,
Gary

nn

in reply to mountainGJ on 29/01/2008 9:03 AM

29/01/2008 6:37 PM

On Jan 29, 5:19 pm, Tanus <[email protected]> wrote:
:
>http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-Wood-...
> andhttp://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-woodw...
>
> The second one has some tools included.

I would sure take another look at that first one. It is a dead ringer
for the 46-111. It may be a variant, but that is essentially the same
lathe.

The reason you don't see that old lathe anymore is that they quit
making them about 30 years ago when Rockwell got out of the medium
sized shop tools and went to a mix of all professional heavy duty
tools, and all consumer junk.

Robert

nn

in reply to mountainGJ on 29/01/2008 9:03 AM

30/01/2008 8:51 AM

On Jan 30, 8:56 am, mountainGJ <[email protected]> wrote:

SNIP

Gary - I am sure we are all glad to help as we can. But if you are
still following this, get over to the woodturning newsgroup:

rec.crafts.woodturning

It is carried by just about everyone and is dedicated to turning. The
archives are great and are easily searchable with Google.

Robert

nn

in reply to mountainGJ on 29/01/2008 9:03 AM

29/01/2008 12:30 PM

On Jan 29, 11:03 am, mountainGJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could let me know what a Rockwell Inter.
> 46-111 wood lathe is worth.

SNIP

> Is that a fare price or should I
> figure in something else? The seller is asking $350.

I personally wouldn't touch that lathe for that price. You would get
great utility value out of that lathe for $150... but I wouldn't pay
more. It has a small (low torque) motor, very small swing (turnable
diameter over the ways) and is not made for much more than light
spindle turning. The castings, although nicely finished, are
lightweight and prone to flex. Can you tell I have some personal
experience with this lathe?

It was a nice little lathe in its time, but it is simply too light
weight for someone that wants to really get out and turn all manner of
things on a lathe.

I think your money would be better spent with a Jet mini or something
similar, and you will still have some money left out of the $350
asking price to buy some more tools.

Robert

TT

Tanus

in reply to mountainGJ on 29/01/2008 9:03 AM

29/01/2008 6:19 PM

mountainGJ wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could let me know what a Rockwell Inter.
> 46-111 wood lathe is worth. The prices that I have found are from a
> 1973 catalog, the lathe was $139.99, the lathe and stand was $199.99
> and a 1/2 hp motor was $64.99. I haven't seen the lathe yet so don't
> know the condition so I am figuring avarage condition for everything,
> the prices that I come to are, lathe and stand: $75, motor: $15.00,
> tools: $5.00 all totalling $95.00. Is that a fare price or should I
> figure in something else? The seller is asking $350.

Although I haven't seen that lathe for
sale, there were two locally that you
can browse the ads for. Maybe that'll
give you some basis of comparison. These
ads are from Ottawa Canada.

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-Wood-Turning-Lathe-W0QQAdIdZ32975142
and
http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-woodworking-lathe-W0QQAdIdZ35683669

The second one has some tools included.

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Tanus

This is not really a sig.

http://www.home.mycybernet.net/~waugh/shop/


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