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January 24, 2008, 15:21
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Smithy question
Hi, any of you folks use one of these and are they any good for general gunsmithing work. I have the chance to pick one up for 2500 with the stand and tooling. It is a 2005 model. Since my buddy's Jet burned up I have been looking for a replacement. This would also have the mill setup which would be nice.
TIA for any advise.
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January 24, 2008, 15:40
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I have one and for small jobs it works ok.
The first thing you do each time you use it is check the oil. The Steel casting weeps oil so if it sets awhile it will be quite low. The spindle bore is small and that slowed my turning of my .50 barrel. The steady rest works much better if you replace the tips with small rollers. On the plus side the chucks are much larger than the similar unit from HF. It cuts well and I could afford to buy a used unit. I just could not afford the better and bigger units. Good luck with it. I have learned a lot from using it.
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January 24, 2008, 18:09
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well have a gander at these ...done alot of research on the china lathes ..these are NOT the ones at harbour FRIGHT.he he ..ISO rated company ..means if theysay the spindle bearings are .ooo2 ....they are .....a guy in baton rouge sells them under the name of...LATHEMASTER ...9x30 is nice .....
http://www.diytrade.com/directory/gl...prd&qr=cn&ns=1 Lathemaster- shanghi quian li ma schenzen poly top ..also nice (im CNC machinist of 25long godam years..he he ) Last edited by ggiilliiee; January 24, 2008 at 20:06. |
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January 24, 2008, 20:59
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Thanks for the info. I'll look into what tooling he has with it and go from there.
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January 24, 2008, 21:17
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Looks like the same machine tools that are in the Grizzly catalog.
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January 24, 2008, 21:34
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Steve /flyer ...crap guys im sorry was going to post the site and spaced it out .....you may have looked by now ...
http://www.lathemaster.com/LATHEPRODUCTS.htm a collet chuck on that 9x30 would be a sweet set up ..... ill be rite back with the site that i believe to be the grizzly imports ..... dam cant find the griz 3in one units ......but here is a good info site ..check out the $40 dollar DRO ...dam he beat me to it ..great idea ..just watch the hot chips on the scale ..........and look at the reverser plate he made ..lots o stuf http://www.bedair.org/9x20camlock/9x20project.html ill keep looking for the grizz lathe /mill ...neat machines but pretty limited on stroke for milling Last edited by ggiilliiee; January 24, 2008 at 22:30. |
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January 25, 2008, 07:39
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Have you ever looked at a ShopTask ? Looks like a smooth way of getting into home CNC by going manual first, then adding ball screws and then CNC kit (steppers not servos I guess).
http://www.shoptask.com/ The colour scheme is pretty garish, but once you get past that and look at the specs it looks pretty good, esp. for light gunsmithing. 17x32, MT5/MT3, R-8. S. |
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