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Looking for lathe manual for model Sears Craftsman 549-289000
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Guys, where can I find a manual for this tiny lathe?
It is a 5" metal working lathe, made in Europe but sold by Sears under the Craftsman badge.?
Any help would be appreciated.?
Thanks,
Andrei
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Charles
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On Jun 27, 2023, at 10:54 AM, Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:
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Guys, where can I find a manual for this tiny lathe?
It is a 5" metal working lathe, made in Europe but sold by Sears under the Craftsman badge.?
Any help would be appreciated.?
Thanks,
Andrei
Have you got any photos of the lathe? I used the Brave browser search, and got a link that says it's an Emco Compact 8, if that helps any.?
If it's a Compact 5, I HATE YOU!!!!? ;) That's the little lathe that I kept finding in a department store in Germany whenever I was there, and couldn't get the money to buy it.?
Bits and pieces for the Compact 8 are expensive on ebay, but they are a FINE little lathe. So is the Compact 5. I finally found a Unimat, which is also a fine little lathe, late last year. Wound up with two of them, trading off my HF Mini-Lathe for them.?
Bill in OKC? ?<----no luck at all! ;)
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:54:10 AM CDT, Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:
Guys, where can I find a manual for this tiny lathe?
It is a 5" metal working lathe, made in Europe but sold by Sears under the Craftsman badge.?
Any help would be appreciated.?
Thanks,
Andrei
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I was going to suggest that, but looked, first, and they don't have it. They so classic US machinery, and 549 isn't listed. 'Cause it's made in Austria.?
Bill in OKC
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 11:21:15 AM CDT, Charles Brumbelow via groups.io <mrb37211@...> wrote:
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Charles
On Jun 27, 2023, at 10:54 AM, Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:
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Guys, where can I find a manual for this tiny lathe?
It is a 5" metal working lathe, made in Europe but sold by Sears under the Craftsman badge.?
Any help would be appreciated.?
Thanks,
Andrei
Yes. here is the pic, Bill.?
The badge says Emco Compact 5 but the seller offered it as?Sears Craftsman 549-289000 because it is what his manual stated. Unfortunately, he did not have the manual anymore, or at least could not find it to hand it over.?
I could not find the Sears manual for part number he offered. I also searched under Compact 5, but the closest I came to it was a Emco 8 manual, which is clearly not it.
Now I just need to buy a 0XA tool post for it, and if I find a manual i will go through the parts list to figure out what else is missing (probably all the change gears for threading).
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Have you got any photos of the lathe? I used the Brave browser search, and got a link that says it's an Emco Compact 8, if that helps any.?
If it's a Compact 5, I HATE YOU!!!!? ;) That's the little lathe that I kept finding in a department store in Germany whenever I was there, and couldn't get the money to buy it.?
Bits and pieces for the Compact 8 are expensive on ebay, but they are a FINE little lathe. So is the Compact 5. I finally found a Unimat, which is also a fine little lathe, late last year. Wound up with two of them, trading
off my HF Mini-Lathe for them.?
Bill in OKC? ?<----no luck at all! ;)
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by:
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.?
SEMPER GUMBY!
Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Physics doesn't care about your schedule.
The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better.
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:54:10 AM CDT, Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:
Guys, where can I find a manual for this tiny lathe?
It is a 5" metal working lathe, made in Europe but sold by Sears under the Craftsman badge.?
Any help would be appreciated.?
Thanks,
Andrei
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It is a Compact 5. There is a Sears model on ebay for $800. Identical. Also using "Emco Compact 5" for an ebay search, I found several manuals. Some reprints for way too much money and I did come across what appears to be an actual Sears manual.
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Jim Korman
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I did not look at ebay at all. Too much overpriced chinese garbage there nowadays. But I will go now and look as they obviously have something usable there.?
Thank you.
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It is a Compact 5. There is a Sears model on ebay for $800. Identical. Also using "Emco Compact 5" for an ebay search, I found several manuals. Some reprints for way too much money and I did come across what appears to be an actual Sears manual.
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Jim Korman
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I did not look at ebay at all. Too much overpriced chinese
garbage there nowadays. But I will go now and look as they
obviously have something usable there.?
Thank you.
It is a Compact 5. There is a Sears model on ebay for $800.
Identical. Also using "Emco Compact 5" for an ebay search, I
found several manuals. Some reprints for way too much money and
I did come across what appears to be an actual Sears manual.
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Jim Korman
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Good thing about the Emco lathes, you can make about anything you need for them on even a just slightly larger lathe or mill.?
Mind if I ask what you paid for it, and if you'd be interested in selling it? Feel free to tell me to STFU, though.? I'll look some more, and see what I can find. You might look at archive.org, seems to me they had some EMCO stuff besides the Unimats. They have a Compact 5 CNC manual that looks like it's in French, might be better than nothing.? Also some stuff on Thingiverse for the Compact 5, as well.?
Bill in OKC
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 12:29:05 PM CDT, Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:
Yes. here is the pic, Bill.?
The badge says Emco Compact 5 but the seller offered it as?Sears Craftsman 549-289000 because it is what his manual stated. Unfortunately, he did not have the manual anymore, or at least could not find it to hand it over.?
I could not find the Sears manual for part number he offered. I also searched under Compact 5, but the closest I came to it was a Emco 8 manual, which is clearly not it.
Now I just need to buy a 0XA tool post for it, and if I find a manual i will go through the parts list to figure out what else is missing (probably all the change gears for threading).
Have you got any photos of the lathe? I used the Brave browser search, and got a link that says it's an Emco Compact 8, if that helps any.?
If it's a Compact 5, I HATE YOU!!!!? ;) That's the little lathe that I kept finding in a department store in Germany whenever I was there, and couldn't get the money to buy it.?
Bits and pieces for the Compact 8 are expensive on ebay, but they are a FINE little lathe. So is the Compact 5. I finally found a Unimat, which is also a fine little lathe, late last year. Wound up with two of them, trading
off my HF Mini-Lathe for them.?
Bill in OKC? ?<----no luck at all! ;)
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by:
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.?
SEMPER GUMBY!
Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Physics doesn't care about your schedule.
The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better.
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:54:10 AM CDT, Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:
Guys, where can I find a manual for this tiny lathe?
It is a 5" metal working lathe, made in Europe but sold by Sears under the Craftsman badge.?
Any help would be appreciated.?
Thanks,
Andrei
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Tony at lathes.co.uk has a manual, and photos and other info you might want. The package ain't cheap, but it's not just the operating manual, either.? Thingiverse has stuff for it, too.?
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 01:08:46 PM CDT, Andrei <calciu1@...> wrote:
I did not look at ebay at all. Too much overpriced chinese garbage there nowadays. But I will go now and look as they obviously have something usable there.?
Thank you.
It is a Compact 5. There is a Sears model on ebay for $800. Identical. Also using "Emco Compact 5" for an ebay search, I found several manuals. Some reprints for way too much money and I did come across what appears to be an actual Sears manual.
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Jim Korman
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I'm a member & moderator at the Unimat group, and IIRC there isn't anything there for Compact 5. I own the Miniature Machine Tools group, and IIRC, there isn't anything there, either, but I can fast track getting you approved to join them if you want. I just joined the Emco Machine Tools group, and there's nothing there at all. Might be able to get an answer if you post there, though. I've sent you invites to the groups I can do that on. MMT had, at least, one member who mentions having bought a compact 5 from Craigslist, so if he's still there might be able to help you.
Bill in OKC
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 01:20:33 PM CDT, mike allen <animal@...> wrote:
I did not look at ebay at all. Too much overpriced chinese
garbage there nowadays. But I will go now and look as they
obviously have something usable there.?
Thank you.
It is a Compact 5. There is a Sears model on ebay for $800.
Identical. Also using "Emco Compact 5" for an ebay search, I
found several manuals. Some reprints for way too much money and
I did come across what appears to be an actual Sears manual.
--
Jim Korman
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https://manualmachine.com/emcowinnc/compact5/4714723-user-manual/
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Ron, This is not primarily a Sears Craftsman web site.? It is an Atlas site that also covers Atlas built lathes. mills, etc that were also sold by
Sears.? The Sears Contractor code for Atlas is 101, not 549. ? I do not happen to know who 549 is the Contractor Code for and don't know what I did with the list that would ID 549 but you would likely be better served by calling the nearest Sears store and determining who 549
id's and then searching for that.
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 12:54:00 PM CDT, Ron Hlavac via groups.io <hlavacre@...> wrote:
https://manualmachine.com/emcowinnc/compact5/4714723-user-manual/
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549 is the vendor code for Emco, an Austrian machine tool manufacturer who made lathes and mills until a decade or two ago. Now they make vertical machining centers and all sorts of cnc equipment.?
Their manual lathes range from the lowly Unimat to the 13 inch toolroom Maximat.?
Hope this helps.?
P.S. What is Sears?
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Ron, This is not primarily a Sears Craftsman web site.? It is an Atlas site that also covers Atlas built lathes. mills, etc that were also sold by
Sears.? The Sears Contractor code for Atlas is 101, not 549. ? I do not happen to know who 549 is the Contractor Code for and don't know what I did with the list that would ID 549 but you would likely be better served by calling
the nearest Sears store and determining who 549
id's and then searching for that.
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 12:54:00 PM CDT, Ron Hlavac via groups.io <hlavacre@...> wrote:
https://manualmachine.com/emcowinnc/compact5/4714723-user-manual/
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The folks on this forum did all the? contractor code work ,
animal
On 7/3/23 1:10 PM, Robert Downs via
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Ron, This is not primarily a
Sears Craftsman web site.? It is an Atlas site that also
covers Atlas built lathes. mills, etc that were also sold by
Sears.? The Sears Contractor
code for Atlas is 101, not 549. ? I do not happen to know who
549 is the Contractor Code for and don't know what I did with
the list that would ID 549 but you would likely be better
served by calling the nearest Sears store and determining who
549
id's and then searching for
that.
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 12:54:00 PM CDT, Ron Hlavac
via groups.io <hlavacre@...> wrote:
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I only provided a link to a manual that was requested in the discussion.? Sorry to upset anyone.
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Bill in OKC too
Jim Korman