Getting the BEST Precision Lathe for FREE 

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I just have to say that is the politest forklift I have ever heard

Can't wait for the next installment in the inheritance machining cinematic universe. I hope they expand on the new lathe arc

Thank you Craig, all the projects, side projects and side side projects for this will keep us entertained for a while.

Well done Craig, I hope that he realizes he didn’t just give you a gift. The hours we all will spend watching you make things will inspire so many to go and get a machine and try it out for ourselves. I’ve had an old South Bend 9a living in my shop for years unused, in the spirit of Craig I’m going to start using it or find someone who will.

Hooray for Craig! I foresee a series of videos on the restoration of this lathe. Please don't spare us the details. We like details!

Dear Inheritance Machining, I hope this message finds you well. I've been following your journey on RU-vid and felt compelled to reach out and extend my heartfelt congratulations on your incredible success. It's not every day that we witness a "new" creator making such significant strides in the maker community, and your rapid rise to popularity is truly inspiring. Your channel stands out as a beacon of creativity and ingenuity. Watching your projects evolve from concept to completion is a testament to your insatiable passion for making and innovating. It's apparent in every video that you pour your heart and soul into your work, and this dedication resonates deeply with your audience. What strikes me most is how quickly you've garnered a large and engaged following. This is no small feat in the vast and competitive world of RU-vid content creation. It's a clear indication that your unique approach, attention to detail, and the quality of your content are exceptional. You've not only entered the space but have truly thrived in it. Your journey so far is a story of hard work, perseverance, and a relentless pursuit of your passion. You're an inspiration to aspiring makers and content creators, including myself. Your channel is more than just a source of entertainment; it's a learning platform that ignites creativity and encourages others to explore their own talents. I am excited to see where your creativity and talent will take you next. Congratulations once again on your well-deserved success and growing fandom. You've earned every bit of recognition and admiration you receive. Keep up the fantastic work, and I look forward to your future projects!

Craig, Craig, he's our man! If Brandon can't fix it, no one can! Gonna love the repair process, keep it up.

Loved the video. I would suggest that you paint your shop walls white the next time you tear things up. The unfinished plywood eats up a lot of light. I finally painted my work area when I was in my 40's and it made life easier. Now in my 70's I find more light to work with than before.

If anyone deserves a gift like this from Santa Craig, it’s definitely you! And it is just as much a gift to your YT fam, so thanks for regifting!! Can’t wait to see more 😊

Humble, generous, and from the video looked like a pleasant guy too. SHOUTOUT TO Craig 👍

Popcorn+ "IM" best combination at evening ✨

I work at Chrysler(Stellantis) Kokomo transmission in Kokomo indiana and we have 6 of these, and they are nice I want to have one of my own, they are so easy to run, enjoy it!

One joy of acquiring a “used machine” is getting to make replacement parts for it. Oh so much more satisfying than buying a brand new machine. Looking to watching you resolve all the issues with this nice looking lathe. Thank you for sharing. 👏👏👍😎

I just love seeing people wanting old stuff to find life again. Especially when gifted to another just to share joy with even more people! Y'all are all awesome people, thank you for the joy you bring to myself and the rest of us. Past and in the future with this beautiful piece of history.

Craig seems like a down to earth and funny guy. What a lovely bloke and what anamazing gesture. Craig, you're a legend mate! I'll raise a dram of fine malt to you later.

A generous man, and a lucky (very lucky) man. And a very understanding engineer-wife. Loved the video, looking forward to more on this machine. Thanks. Les in UK 🇬🇧

I fixed up a hardinge hlv at work to preform better, but unfortunately it had seen too much neglect over the years and it needs a full regrind of its bed. I still can get that to make parts +/- 0.0002 on diameter and lengths. Love that lathe.

Craig is one awesome guy! Btw i LOVE restoration projects like this, hope to see a lot of it!

Brandon. First, I want to congratulate you on your new lathe. I had to watch your video twice as I was elated that you acquired such a great lathe. I ran HLVH's for 30 plus years. So, when I retired, I felt that I needed one to fill out my home shop. I already had a Victor 16 x 60 engine lathe that was English Metric. Searching as I did, I could not find one that was in a decent condition in my affordable price range. Then one day a machine tool dealer contacted me whom I have dealt with before and said I have something that you might be interested in. It turned out to be a Taiwanese clone of a Hardinge HLVH. It is a Feeler FTL618e in very good condition with only minor paint chips on it. Story has it, it came out of a well-known toy manufacturer in western NY. When I bought it there was copious amount of cosmoline in various areas still on the machine which I had to clean off. I was told that the machine had been in storage in their facility for ten years or possible more. This was a dream come true for me as it has for you with your new lathe. Mine was not gifted to me but the price and condition of the machine made it worth the price. I just want to comment on your new acquired lathe. You might want to step down from the BXA tool holder to an AXA holder. It is in keeping with the with the scale of the lathe, your choice of course. Also, as Hardinge in their manual only recommends oil base coolant when machining otherwise water-based coolant will stain surfaces. I am looking forward to your videos as to your progress on your lathe. I will chime in when appropriate to help if I can. Love your content!!

I was a CNC guy for the majority of my career. But Hardringe lathes are pretty much my favorite machines of all time. They are capable of very close tolerance work !

Hope to watch you restore this awesome lathe!

I also love seeing all the old dings in my machines, they remind me that someone else used this before and on some of them some of those dings are from over 100 years ago, you cant just buff history like that away

As someone going through this very same exercise (not the "got it for nothing" bit, but the "just got it home, gotta figure out what I got here" bit) on a similar lathe, I have to admit that this vid hit close to home. So glad to see that you were able to make at least *some* chips!

Watching your channel has been so nice. Brings me back to machining and building things. I remember when I started I felt so bad when I messed something up. And then I watched my senior operators messing up and realized it's part of the job. I'll never forget the day when the man that taught me everything I knew asked me for advice on something.

Another great video. Thank you Craig for the lathe. Can't wait to see it fully fixed and working, looks like a fun project.

Wow, What an amazing gift! Craig seems like a great dude. It’s great to see people like Craig exist in this crazy world we live in. I can’t wait to see this lathe once you’re done with all the restoration.

11:27 if you ever happen to not be able to fit a wrench in some place, get the closest size torx that's just a hair bigger and hammer it in. Get a decent quality one, impact rated. The torx's star points wedge themselves into the hex and grab it really well. 14:55 a modification i've seen on such fixed systems is to remove the gib, machine some inserts where the cap screws are that are threaded and drill 4 holes + three threaded ones between the 4 existing ones. The threaded inserts in the gib accept cap heads that are now screwed from the outside and the three new holes between are given grub screws with the area that's touching the gib replaced with three small pucks of stainess steel that area inserted in there. This was done to a really old lathe from the interwar period (ww1 to ww2) which had basically the same setup.

And so it begins. There is much work in your future! Your to-do list isn’t too bad, for now. A little fix here, another there, and before you know it, you will be getting the bed plate ground, bonding Turcite to the saddle, scraping in the cross slide and compound, then you make the decision to shim the bed plate (to restore lead screw alignment), or bonding Turcite to the tailstock and scraping it as well. Shimming the bed plate is effective, but we considered it a shortcut for these machines. Then come spindle bearings, the speed control system rebuild, and on and on. Speaking from experience here, because that’s how it went for me. I didn’t get quite the deal you did on my 1969 Hardinge HLV-H, but I did well. FYI this style of machine only needs to be adjusted for coolant return to the sump. And while were talking coolant, never use water based coolant in your machine. It will eventually find it’s way into the apron gearbox and ruin the clutches. The bed plate base “floats” on those spring mounts inside the motor cabinet, and there are two more on the tailstock end. It won’t be long before you are chasing tenths in headstock and tailstock alignment. The Hardinge spec on taper is .0001 max, in 6 inches. We managed to get mine to .00007 in 10 inches. These are truly amazing machines. My buddy and I have rebuilt 3 HLV-H to date. I’m going to say it now, good luck with the resto/rebuild. We will enjoy the trip with you. Congrats.

Beautiful... I foresee a year's worth of headscratching repair/fix videos...😂😂😂

Wooow, so happy for you, I can almost feel %10 of your joy cause IHM is my fav channel. Congratulations

Nice one Craig! You're a welcome reminder to everyone who can be a Santa Craig for someone this season, to tap into that spirit of generosity.

I’m working at a place that has a nice manual machine shop. I only took one semester of machine tool shop on top of my welding certification. They will never hire me for the machinists position but I will find training and get a machinist position eventually. Moral of the story is I walk by the lathe every day just to keep my dream alive… and I watch your videos. Thanks brother. You really do a good job showing all the details and the struggles.

Side projects galore. Lathe's go!

Can you tell a none machinist what's so special about the new Lathe to go to all this effort ? Also thank you Santa Craig for your generosity.

Watching you clean your lathe makes me remember i need to clean mine soon! Just got a 308 lb anvil for blacksmithing to place on one side of it and the plasma cutter is on the other...which dust source will mess it up first...time will see! lol

That’s magic , just shows you there are still decent people out there ready to do you a good turn even if sometimes they seen few and far between. Great video 👍🏻

OMG those wood slabs. Wow.

I love your videos! gives me so much motivation to work on my own projects!

Wow, that is the biggest “ohh shiny” grin I have seen in a long time. While most of my friends are sitting watching sports, I’m in my shop like you…. I also put stuff of till the very end as well.

Have you considered the air bearing tail stock mod? I took a matching class for fun where I worked and they had several Hardinge lathes in the model shop. A neat mod they did on them was tap a hole into the casting for the tail stock and connect an air line to it that pressurized the inside of the casting. When the tail stock was locked it sealed everything. However, when you unlocked the tail stock to move it, the air pressure lifted it off the ways a bit and it created an air bearing! You could move it around with one finger! And with a tee fitting on the air line, it was also a convenient place to e to connect an air hose for blowing off chips. This only works on these lathes because of the solid dovetail ways.

Craig hooked you with a side project content machine!!! Craig and your neighbor are the real MVP's!!

Congratulations dude! Was about high time! WOOHOO!!! ;)

Getting lathed makes me get that horrible lathe accident video in my head again...

I know how you feel, I bought a 1941 Monarch 10EE to restore, it's in really rough shape BUT I just found another late 1960's 10EE that was just retired, looks a little rough but it's all there and working! I've started buying old machines in order to make parts to fix my other old machines! The 41 is now running good so I'll sell it to fund the full restoration of the "new" 10EE

And right on time for my weekend, because historically watching you clean your shop/the tools therein actually gives me the motivation/inspiration/kick in the ass to clean my house and/or finish any number of projects I have going, I will see if that streak continues. Thank You so much, the value you create is broader than you may know

It's an absolute joy to see someone as passionate as you are about machining.

We have that exact same model of lathe at work! Sadly, it's in very rough shape from lots of people who don't know what they are doing using it.

What a wonderful gift. I hope you give the lathe and cabinet first class paint jobs when you have everything fully repaired. I think a new and bigger shop is going to be needed soon.

As a non machinist, but avid watcher of machinist RU-vid channels...can you maybe go into detail at some point about what exactly this new lathe does that your existing one can't do? Is there a major precision advantage to this new one? Is it just easier to work on a smaller lathe for some parts? Thank you!

I’m very glad you started making videos, you made machining school bearable and I look forward to every time a new Inheritance Machine video comes out!

That's a man who knows the value of giving from the heart , bring on those side projects ! .

Hi Brandon, about your grinding dust problem (I suppose its too late now since you've moved thw grinder, but amyway...); since my shop is quite small as well (only avout 70m² (~750 sqft?)) I have the same abrasive dust problem, expecially because I also do a fair bit of grinding and welding too. In my opinion the best (and most simple) solution is go get some old bed sheets and throw them over your machines every time you dont use them. It might look a bit silly first, but you'll be suprised how much grinding dust and abrasives they'll collect, its expecially noticable on white sheets, theyll get covered in a greyish powder pretty soon...

Somebody gift this man a bigger machine shop!

So awesome. You'll clearly be busy for a while but a video on the cleaners, oils, greases, and lubricants you use in the shop would be cool.

God I'm jealous😂 but yeah, thanks Craig! I feel like I need to use this video as a place to talk about dream lathes. Because even though I don't own mine, I do get to play with it. I love the old-ish Weiler precision lathes, and lucky for me, in the local community workshop (it's essentially a shared workshop run as a club) there is one ^^ A Weiler LZ 300, with all the things. A complete set of collets (including shallow clamping ones), a cylindrical grinding attachment, a milling axis attachment, self centering and adjustable chucks, all the change gears, high quality, specifically made for it turning tools, and probably a lot more that i cant remember right now. It also needs some work mostly small things, and I really should get permission to do a lot of it. One dial doesn't turn reliably with the handweel, another doesn't allow adjustment, it isn't properly leveled, and the headstock bearings are starting to get a little warm when running at high speeds and loads. The live centre seems to like to squeal and some other details, but I've never hit a sub 1/100mm (~4 tenths) tolerance as easily as on this machine. I have my own two lathes, one small hobby lathe from the 70s (very rigid for a hobby machine, i've even done some hardturning on it) and one i guess engine lathe, probably from the 20s or 30s, with a lot of wear and some dogey mods by previous owners (for example the retrofit electonic motor. Since yk, it was originally run off of a line shaft xD). In the community workshop we also have a Meuser, wich is quite nice, and can do anything we need it to, but god that Weiler has stolen my Heart❤

3:00 Dang truck had me checking my fridge door LOL

Looking forward to seeing more of the restoration and upgrading you'll be doing, and the projects you'll be using it for.

Absolutely love it! Looking forward to all the updates you are going to do with this machine, making it better than new! Love the channel!

Well there has to be something about Craigs. An old shop teacher friend of mine, Craig R., gave me a Boxford AUD lathe under the same pre-tense that I give it back when I’m done with it. After seeing what I did the first few month he told me to keep it. This was 5 years ago, my first lathe. What a great gift you have. Looking forward to seeing some magic.

I have a lot of hours on a Hardinge lathe identical to that one, and I loved it for small and precise work. The only thing that I don't like is the threading process, not being able to disengage the lead screw on all threads like you're doing a metric thread and the little quick retract on the compound always moved on mine. Also wish there was a positive stop between low and high range.. can't count how many times I've had something spinning at the faster end of low range and went a little too far and kicked it over to high range instead of stopping. Looking forward to seeing what kind of awesome stuff you will use this lathe to make!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Thanks for sharing this video, I am looking forward to all the 'projects' and 'side projects' related to getting this new lathe operational.

I'm going to love watching this new series!

As a retired tool & die maker I have really enjoyed your videos. Hopefully you will continue to make many more. And MOST hopefully at least a few willbe of you putting your new lathe to good use.

this was a project car but for machinist lol. Love you videos and the voice overs!

I am so happy when people like Craig are paying it forward. Obviously only someone really passionate about machines would do such a give away. But I am glad it was toward someone who deserves that machine and who can bring it to factory like condition. Looking further to the upcoming projects!

Congratulations! A nice lathe for restore!

I can see an amzing series emergung of you and this machine having an adventure together lol

20:09 the quick release for threading looks SO convenient, but I’m curious if it sacrifices rigidity. The threads look like they’re sort of shaving apart on the V’s, which might mean that something is rubbing idk

So what can this lathe do that the previous one can't? Is this lathe replacing the other one or do they have different uses? I had these questions in my head the entire video and would be nice if you talk about it in the next video

cheers for Greg/Craig!

I have a Monarch 10ee. It was also a gift. I am both honored and humbled to have such a machine in my home shop.

Great gift for the holidays. Looking forward to future videos on those repairs....I am sure there will be lathe updates as well. Love your videos.

Heck if he’s giving away that knee mill too…I’ll see you when you get here with it. 🤣🤣🤣

You can't go wrong with a Hardinge type lathe. Yours is even the English/Metric version. I have two Hardinge HLVH lathes, neither is an E.M. though. They are a breeze to thread with.

Thanks Craig for the gift for all of us. Not every day one has the chance to receive a lathe just when Christmas is around the corner.

That's a cool gift to receive and no shortage of upcoming projects. We had an AML-618 knock off at the shop I used to work at. It kinda worked but it had a lot of problems, just like yours. I had to make a new acme nut for our tail stock (I know none of the cool kids use the tail stock). The drive clutches were worn on the power feed and I could not source new ones, the bed was worn pretty bad, the change gears sounded terrible, the lathe had no power on low speed due to the way they hooked up the motor. I had to fix all the dials. I ended up getting a new machine, they still have it I think they are not really using the shop anymore. I have a few videos on it.

Sometimes i wish i had a forklift. I have absolutely no use for one, but still

Ah, finally. A new upload to continue my procrastination

I had to rewind that intro over and over again just to listen the intro music over and over again. It reminds me of the last time i was happy long time ago. Makes my heart fly...heartwarming yet saddening. What a strange unrelated topic from the video

My dream machine tool. And a rebuild project. Awesome!

what's the difference between this new lathe and the one your grandfather left you?

Can anyone tell me why this specific lathe is special? What makes it a dream lathe compared to any other one? I don't know anything about machining or lathes but I like watching these videos, so I'm a bit clueless.

Craig is an absolute GEM! He reminds me of my grandfather with the humor, kindness, and big head! My grandfather ALSO complained about hats never being bit enough. Also... MORE WIFEY CONTENT PLEASE! We need her to keep you in check, and hearing her give you grief always makes me smile, because I get the same from MY loved ones. I would love to hear more about how this lathe differs from your grandfather's so I understand better why this has a place in your shop other than Craig's kindless, as well as what you expect to accomplish with it. Not being a machinist myself, I'm not totally familiar with the differences between the tools. My making experience is more in the realm of FDM 3D printing, so obviously my "inner junior apprentice 3rd-class" self lives vicariously through your adventures, as well as CEE, This Old Tony, Titans of CNC, and Adam Savage. While my knowledge is not COMPLETELY lacking in the machining arena, the subtleties of this tool's purpose are lost on me, at the moment, and subtlety is what I have come to expect and love from your videos. One day I hope to put YOUR sticker on MY first lathe!!!

We all love restoration videos - so no need to apologize! Also, it's kind of a blessing in disguise having to go through the machine to fix things, because now you will know exactly the condition of it and rest easy knowing it was done right.

What's the difference between this lathe and the one you already have?

So.... You found the Lathe on Craig's list?

It went off without a hitch because you had ratchet straps. Without ratchet straps, a few good hitches would have got you home as well. I love knot working.

Leveling a 6 feet lathe like that: Use the headstock end feet to get the headstock aligned with the bed (vertical mostly), then use the two talstock end feet to get the twist out of the bed. And yes, needs rechecking and small corrections.

All this time I’ve been watching along with your videos, eating my Cheezit’s while restoring my second lathe. Making the parts that’s been missing or worn out. And now the most wonderful thing happens ! You push in a second lathe that needs restoration !! Slide on in here my friend. You want some Cheezit’s ? This is gonna take a while.. 😊

@4:12 is the Perfect Christmas Card photo! The joy in your eyes is priceless. 😂

When I read the headline, my first thought was that the Lathe of Heaven got you and your shop was destroyed or something.

I don’t know you on a personal level, but after being a part of your channel and its growth since the beginning and seeing how you’ve always been the same. I can guarantee that you are just as genuine and charismatic. Keep up the great work and the IM family will continue to grow. Your character draws people in and makes them forget about the woes of the current world. In a side note, do you make small stuff for viewers? I have a couple little couplers type things that I can’t find anyone interested in making due to the value of the project. It’s two 2” long pieces of aluminum, maybe 1” in diameter threaded the whole way, and on one end a “fork” type thing with a bolt hole going through it. I can send a picture of what I’m talking about if it’d help.

What a nice gift! When i was in school we had just 1 hardinge lathe and we, the students weren’t allowed to use it for fear of damage. It was so ultra precise that it was only used by teachers and for really high end parts. We had to do with schaublin 102’s (which are also awesome machines offcourse) and the Hembrug DR1 , also a very nice dutch made lathe.

SO. MANY. SIDE PROJECTS!!! Can't wait to join you making this machine perfect again and counting the side projects of the side projects. New tool mount, design and make a lateral adjuster for the stock, move the lathe at least twice.... it's going to be awesome!

Wow so cool. Good for you. And yeah you showed that he (Craig) has another one (with the aforementioned name brand), but still that was a super generous gift. And shout out to the helpful neighbor

Hardinge!!!!! Love these things, I've also wanted one ever since I used one at university. I thing the reason you cant get the slight bow out of the bed with the two inner leveling feet is because the lathe itself sits on 3 points on the stand, so it always sits uninfluenced no matter what condition the stand is in. The tailstock end should have only one bolt holding it down What a video, and what a great guy Craig is!

I love watching you clean and disassemble/reassemble things. Very relaxing!

Nice lathe, great video, lots of follow-up to watch. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

It's the first sponsor. It's always so good to watch creators grow.