Is someone in the MEW community able to advise whether and how the production date for an Emcomat lathe can be derived from its serial number?

Where are Emco numbers located?

The Ser# posted above was provided by the vendor, perhaps this has been read off the motor plate or maybe the milling attachment?

There is a mfr plate on the backside of the HS, on the cover plate for the switchgear above the motor. This reads

Maier & Co

Type Emcomat V8

115V 60c

9,3 Amp 0,75 HP Total

LR 14412

An Instruction Book/Service Parts document included with the machine is identified as "Edition 76 05 Ref. Nr. EN 2 315" This machine is green, as opposed to the blue said to have been used earlier.

Edited By Eddy Curr on 10/02/2019 22:50:25

Thank you.

I will look in that location when I view the machine.

It may not have been what JasonB meant in his initial post, but really, at this stage the date of mfr has little significance for practical purposes.

Condition, features, tooling and price …

Just to follow up.

The final bid for the machine in a timed online auction hosted by the surplus sales dept of a provincial govt was the equiv of £2,152.

While this combo machine appeared to have its original bits (3 & 4 jaw, FPlate, turret tool post, chg gears, steady rest, dead & live centers, lathe dog, spanners, operator manual), plus what I assume were extras (RoTab w/ 2 div plts, low milling vice, drill chuck w/ arbor), it looked like it had been sitting in cold storage for some time. The 4 jaw was disassmbled, the loose pieces are all jumbled together in a few bins.

Jason, by no means was the machine ready to be featured in (or even amongst the backdrop of) a Home & Workshop Machinery advert inside the back page of MEW. Just cosmetics, assuming the gearbox contents and motors are sound – but there woud be effort, degreaser, phosphoric acid and more required before it could be allowed into a fastidious man's shop.

I think it is brilliant that the gov sets listings like this to close at 10 PM on a Fri evening.