Used Samstar Machines We Buy

Samstar Lathes on the Used Market

Samstar turns up on the used market as a badge on manual engine lathes, and the listings name nothing behind it. Aucto, a used-machinery marketplace, keeps spec pages for three heavy-duty Samstar lathes, the 40 x 120, the 40 x 160 and the 40 x 240, and each gives the maker only as "OEM SAMSTAR". On those pages all three swing 40 inches over the bed and carry a 5-inch spindle bore on a D1-11 camlock nose, with 18 spindle speeds from 6 to 800 RPM and a 20 HP main motor. The second figure in each name is the distance between centers in inches: 120, 160 or 240.

Aucto puts the 40 x 120 at about 14,330 pounds and the 40 x 160 at about 14,500 pounds, and describes the 40 x 160 with a one-piece hardened and ground bed, a gap bed and an electromagnetic clutch and brake. A smaller Samstar is listed on Wotol, another used-machinery listing site: a Samstar engine lathe, model JIMK530, with a 21" swing over the bed, a 3 1/8" spindle bore on a D1-8 camlock, 25 to 1500 RPM, a 10 HP main motor and a net weight of 5732 lbs. The seller there names the manufacturer as Samstar and nothing more.

The SAMSTAR 21 in Our Listings

The one Samstar on our own books is filed as a SAMSTAR 21 engine lathe, with a 21" swing over the bed and a 3.125" spindle bore, and its record also tags it as a 21" swing x 80" centers Mazak style lathe. The old address of that listing carried "mazak", but the record itself names SAMSTAR as the make and uses Mazak only to describe the style, so we list it as a Samstar, not a Mazak.

We have not matched a model line to it. The Wotol JIMK530 shares its 21-inch swing, and its 3 1/8-inch bore is the same figure written as a fraction, but only the plate can tell us whether ours is that model.

What Decides the Offer on a Used Samstar

On a Samstar engine lathe the offer starts with the swing and the distance between centers, then the bed: how much the ways have worn where the carriage spends most of its time, and whether the gap piece is still with the machine. Spindle bore and nose matter to the next buyer, so tell us whether yours is a 5-inch bore on D1-11 like the heavy Aucto lathes or a smaller D1-8 nose like the Wotol JIMK530.

What comes with the lathe adds to the number. The Samstar listings we found show the kind of kit that travels with one: 3- and 4-jaw chucks, roller bearing steady rests and a taper attachment on the heavy lathes, and a steady rest, a follow rest and a Mitutoyo digital readout on the JIMK530. List each piece you have, and say whether the clutch, brake and feeds all still work.

Why We Ask for the Samstar Plate

No maker site for Samstar could be found, and none of the pages we saved names the company behind the badge, the country it comes from or when the lathes were built; the Wotol listing leaves its year field empty. So we do not guess at any of that. The plate on the headstock or apron, any importer's or dealer's tag, and the serial number are what tell us which Samstar you have, and an old manual or the original quote helps if it survived. Send photos of those with the swing, the centers and the bore, and we price the lathe from what they show.