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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Gunsmithing
Help with selecting bench top lathe and vertical mill
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 2022538" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Minimum 12" swing with a 1 3/8" spindle bore. 36" to 40"length is ideal for gunsmithing. Bench top tools lack the rigidity to do much. Sure, a small lathe would be handy for making small parts, but for action truing and throating not so much. Most bench top mills have round columns. This can be used effectively with an experience person at the handles, but will be an absolute PIA for a novice. It's not the cost of the machine tools, themselves, it's the cost to 'tool-up"! That's where the expense is, tooling & cutters/tool holders & collets/chucks/vise/dividing head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 2022538, member: 24284"] Minimum 12" swing with a 1 3/8" spindle bore. 36" to 40"length is ideal for gunsmithing. Bench top tools lack the rigidity to do much. Sure, a small lathe would be handy for making small parts, but for action truing and throating not so much. Most bench top mills have round columns. This can be used effectively with an experience person at the handles, but will be an absolute PIA for a novice. It's not the cost of the machine tools, themselves, it's the cost to 'tool-up"! That's where the expense is, tooling & cutters/tool holders & collets/chucks/vise/dividing head. [/QUOTE]
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