Lathes

[77REBELBOWTIE]

I think I scored a good deal today. Bought a new in box Clarke BT1028 today for three Benjamin's. I have an old Craftsman at my dad's I have to pick up, it's been in the family for about 50 years.
This made me curious as to what others were using. Will get some picks out the Clarke up tomorrow.

 

[maxpaynya]

I've got an old Chicago tool (made in china) my dad gave me a couple years ago.

 

[jglenn]

we have one of the Gizzly lathes. same model(4003) as their gunsmithing lathe minus all the inital parts..we've added what we need


not a bad lathe

for a mini lathe I've had an old enco for years...nice for small stuff

 

[tayninh69]

Southbend 10K, a 10X36 with taper. Nice little lathe but I seldom use it.

 

[77REBELBOWTIE]

Southbend 10K, a 10X36 with taper. Nice little lathe but I seldom use it.

And yet is better to have and not need than to need and not have.

 

[tayninh69]

Absolutely........

 

[77REBELBOWTIE]

Gotta set up a spot for her now.

 

[poppy926]

Shop Smith 10ER here.

 

[dial1911]

I got a good deal on a Carolina Machine Tools lathe several years ago- I think about $350 to $400 (Can't remember). I picked it up from a machine shop close to the Atl airport.

It runs great- total runout on parts around 0.001". Of course that goes up to about 0.003 if you move the saddle to one particluar spot. So I guess it has "character"...

There's one thing I learned quickly about a lathe- the machine doesn't cost jack. The tooling is where all your money goes. I replaced the rocker type tool rest with a decent wedge type quick change post- that one upgrade cost almost as much as the lathe.

 

[jglenn]

some sites of interest

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/7x10minilathe/


http://www.littlemachineshop.com/default.php

http://www.mini-lathe.com/

http://www.angelfire.com/ks/mcguirk/metalworklinks.html

http://www.onlinemetals.com/index.cfm?affiliate_id=357