Precision Lathes & Grinders

Used Hardinge SUPER-PRECISION® lathe: Sell or Buy at Auction

Hardinge is an American precision machine tool manufacturer specializing in high-accuracy lathes, grinding machines, and workholding systems. Known for superior precision and the Hardinge Super-Precision® lathe line, Hardinge machines are common in aerospace, defense, and medical device manufacturing.

The Hardinge Super-Precision lathe is the toolroom benchmark of the Hardinge line, most widely recognized in the HLV-H. It runs on a hardened, precision-ground bed with 5C collet workholding up to about 1-1/16 inch round, a compact toolroom swing of roughly 11 inches over the bed, and spindle runout held well under a tenth of a thousandth of an inch, far tighter than any general-purpose engine lathe. Distance between centers is typically about 18 inches, and the H model's hallmark infinitely variable spindle drive, up to roughly 3,000 rpm, lets a toolmaker match speed to the cut. The hand-wheel-driven carriage, cross slide, and compound, together with the lever-operated 5C collet closer, give the fine manual control that CNC turning cannot match on one-off and short-run parts. Aerospace tool cribs, medical device job shops, and mold and die makers buy this machine specifically for that sub-tenth repeatability, often alongside the 5C collets and fixtures already sized to it. At auction through KD Auctions, a well-maintained Super-Precision lathe draws a focused, motivated bidder pool from our 500,000+ industry contacts, since precision toolroom capacity like this rarely sits on the open market for long.

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