Hardinge HLV-H-EM in Excellent Condition Complete Rebuild - SOLD!

A year of work went into this lathe! Totally taken apart and completely and properly rebuilt. Works perfect!
No expense spared to make this as close to new as you will ever find. Check out the video and let me know if you are interested.
The lathe was sold and has a new happy owner!

[@lynwilson1304]

Thank You for sharing the effort it takes to do things right. I have 35 years experience with one nearly identical. The accuracy & precision, these machines make possible, is hard to beat…

[@legoguy187]

I'd love to see a video series on the next rebuild!

[@CaryChristieII]

I'll see what I can do!

[@jimjam623]

Yes please! 🙏 Especially the bed grind and headstock-tailstock re-alignment process. Congrats on the nice job on this one!

[@LikeFactoryMade]

Having a Weiler lathe myself, I can easily notice the passion and the attention to details that went into what you did there. Congrats, happy to see that I’m not the only one obsessed about all the small details related to my lathe.

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you very much! It takes a LOT of time to complete a project like this.

[@LOOMIS1638]

What an absolute gem! Wow man. Exceptional work! I have a lot of hours on one of those and DSM-59. Very cool to see one in better than Showroom condition! Gorgeous.

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you!

[@kimbye1]

Great job. That HLV is perfect!

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you!

[@Veektohr]

That is a beauty!

[@naisbyw3276]

Very nicely done I'd love one like this

[@REV_O1]

That looks fantastic, I work on the same Hardinge lathe at my special effects shop & this lathe looks 100,000,000 times better then the one we use, great job!

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you!!!

[@alejandrowederfoort577]

Good morning my friend... how much cost a Hardinge like this??

[@bonesshed.]

Superb work. beautiful machine.

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you!

[@RustyInventions-wz6ir]

Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice beautiful lathe

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you!

[@afryhover]

Beautiful machine, well done 👍👍

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you!

[@hellawaits5528]

I almost miss machining …..! Almost!!

[@martinnovak3949]

Wow! I purchased used hardinge last year to restore it. Do you remember what exact primer/hardener and top coat paint did you use ?

[@MachinistEnthusiast]

Hey Carrie, just saw your video on this lathe. 5 star work, its brand new! I have an 1967 HLVH and I wanted to know if there was some way to reach out to you for some questions about how you got all these parts restored and some of the parts you purchased such as the accurite DRO. If you happen to have the time that is. Whoever bought it is extremely lucky!

[@carlhitchon1009]

I am sooo jealous.

[@maxbray9124]

It’s ready for the museum, display only

[@ryantonking4871]

I have the same lathe Looks amazing, thanks so much for sharing. Can I ask how much you sold it for?

[@CaryChristieII]

Thanks. 32k

[@lmsaltest]

Great job! Beautiful lathe! Something is odd; the cross-slide and carriage aren’t dual-dial.

[@ViciousRC]

The ones that came with the DRO did not have the dual dial for the cross slide and carriage because they would be repetitive.

[@lmsaltest]

@@ViciousRC thanks! That makes sense! I actually don’t like those indicator sleeves that slide back and forth. They get stuck. I have a DRO on mine, but I don’t know if it was original or not.

[@turbotona25]

Was the spindle checked for runout and wear? How was the tailstock alignment?

[@CaryChristieII]

Yes. It has a little wear as to be expected but it runs smooth and cuts runs great, this lathe was taken care of by the previous owner. The tailstock alignment was spot on.

[@fernandopalma9223]

Me podría compartir como puedo centrar el contrapunto con el husillo Que puedo hacer para alinear la conocidad

[@schonkat1982]

Beautiful job! Did you rescrape the gibbs? Did you have the change the spindle bearing? How about the clutches in the apron, did you clean that out too? Any gears which had to be changed to improve the backlash? Was the leadscrew worn?

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you! The person who I bought it off of was part of the way through restoring the lathe. He had already scraped the bed, tailstock, gibbs etc. The spindle bearing was solid with no noise or play that I could tell, I think he replaced that as well, it looked new upon inspection. I did rebuild the clutches in the apron. All of the gearboxes, including the apron were disassembled, checked and cleaned. The backlash was minimal and the gears did not show wear. I do not think the machine had a lot of use, even the original paint was not heavily worn. I got lucky and found a machine that was excellent to begin with, then took the time to take it apart and perfect it.

[@devmeistersuperprecision4155]

Nice looking lathe but…. The bed is a hardened tool steel bed. Your not scraping these. These need to ground. The saddle was turcited from the factory. I have the same lathe but mine isn’t this clean. I love my EM.!!!!

[@jason.l.porter]

Beautiful lathe! Were you able to purchase the new labels or did you have them custom made? I would like to redo the labels on my restored HLV-H.

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you. You can get them directly from Hardinge.

[@jason.l.porter]

Thanks for the response!

[@darwinshoener3360]

Beautiful, How do I find out where are you located and how much are you asking? Thanks.

[@CaryChristieII]

Sorry but it's sold

[@markboyer8898]

Hey Cary, nice job! How much are you asking for it?

[@CaryChristieII]

Hi Mark, Sorry but it's already sold

[@edisonpenno1684]

I own a German Burchhardt lathe from the 1950's. I'm looking for the operations manual. Can someone help me? I live in Brazil.

[@vlads4133]

i want one

[@alejandrowederfoort577]

I now that is sold but how much cost a harding like that.. i will now when i will go too buy one.. PLEASE

[@CaryChristieII]

One of this quality you will be in the $30k+ range. A good mechanical condition EM, but poor cosmetics will probably be $18k+, but you will still most likely find things that need fixing. A questionable unit is what you can find it for. These are VERY expensive to restore and take a LOT of time and space, so depending on your budget and time, I would buy the best you can find...unless you like projects!

[@ramviswanathan3301]

Is this lathe still for sale? How does one contact you?

[@CaryChristieII]

Sorry but it's been sold

[@magmyk]

@@CaryChristieII How much did it go for?

[@piteralvarado1028]

Amigo bonito torno está nuevo me gusta yo ahorro para comprar mí primer torno es mí sueño y pienso desarmar y repararlo aún no sé el tipo de torno pero quiero uno de un 1.50 metro entre punto🙏

[@CaryChristieII]

Thank you for the compliments! Good luck with finding your new lathe and with the restoration!

[@funone8716]

The paint does not have much gloss and there is a lot of orange peel. Not up to the quality of the OEM paint finish unfortunately.

[@SuperCrowHeart]

Wow man...really? That machine is gorgeous. Why are there always jerks like you that have to talk crap? Is your life that shitty? He did an amazing job and all you can do is find fault. There's a word for a person like that.