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Lathe and Mill Recomendations??
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<blockquote data-quote="EricL" data-source="post: 1158882" data-attributes="member: 90293"><p>My first question is, what kind of price range are you thinking? I run a 16x60 Sharp lathe and a Bridgeport mill some at work that I wish like CRAZY I could have at my house but I don't think I can justify having $15,000 into 2 machines for the hobby stuff I do for myself. One thing I will say though is, get machines with DROs if possible. You don't have to have DROs but they make things way easier. Also look for a lathe with as large of a through hole in the head stock as possible, I have seen some with through holes 1'' or smaller and at that size you may as well not have one at all. Another thing to remember for threading purposes is the lowest available spindle speed. Some of the hobby size machines have a lowest speed of around 100 RPM and when you thread with a lathe you find out that at 100 RPM you have to be REALLY on the ball to keep from crashing the threading tool when threading up to a shoulder. A lowest RPM of 70 or less is ideal and 45 can be really nice for small I.D. threads were it is hard to see the tool. I am no expert by any means but this is just a few little things I have noticed I hope it helps<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Seaman those are really nice looking machines for the money! How do you like yours?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EricL, post: 1158882, member: 90293"] My first question is, what kind of price range are you thinking? I run a 16x60 Sharp lathe and a Bridgeport mill some at work that I wish like CRAZY I could have at my house but I don't think I can justify having $15,000 into 2 machines for the hobby stuff I do for myself. One thing I will say though is, get machines with DROs if possible. You don't have to have DROs but they make things way easier. Also look for a lathe with as large of a through hole in the head stock as possible, I have seen some with through holes 1'' or smaller and at that size you may as well not have one at all. Another thing to remember for threading purposes is the lowest available spindle speed. Some of the hobby size machines have a lowest speed of around 100 RPM and when you thread with a lathe you find out that at 100 RPM you have to be REALLY on the ball to keep from crashing the threading tool when threading up to a shoulder. A lowest RPM of 70 or less is ideal and 45 can be really nice for small I.D. threads were it is hard to see the tool. I am no expert by any means but this is just a few little things I have noticed I hope it helps:) Seaman those are really nice looking machines for the money! How do you like yours? [/QUOTE]
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