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Lathe and Mill Recomendations??
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1159044" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Last I knew, <strong><em>all</em></strong> the gunsmithing schools have years long waiting lists. Everyone wants to be a gunsmith! I'd check on those 'waiting lists' before I decided how I was going to proceed. Personally, I've of the mind that a 13"x 40" or !4" x 40" are ideal for gunsmithing. Big (and heavy) enough to actually do some work, small enough they are not unwieldy. If you're chambering through the headstock, which seems to be the most popular method these days, that tailstock is gonna' be heavy on a larger machine,,,,, and you'll be sliding it back and forth alot. Needs to be heavy enough to show some ridgidity, light enough you have some 'sensitivity' as you enter the chamber area with the reamer. 40" bed would be a minimum, longer won't hurt as long as you have the room for it. As for a vertical mill, there should be plenty of used machines available. The bigger the better,,,, 10" x 54"..... You can do 'small work' on a large mill, but you can't do "big work" on a small mill. DROs? Unnecessary! You'll have dial indicators on magnetic bases, anyway. You'll need those $$$ you spent on DROs for tooling. And believe me, there's no end to the 'tooling' you'd need and like to have to make life easier. You won't graduate from any gunsmithing school being a 'cracker jack' machinist. That takes a life time! You <em>can</em> graduate with a rudimentary understanding of gunsmithing if you apply yourself. Then, the 'learning' begins!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1159044, member: 24284"] Last I knew, [B][I]all[/I][/B] the gunsmithing schools have years long waiting lists. Everyone wants to be a gunsmith! I'd check on those 'waiting lists' before I decided how I was going to proceed. Personally, I've of the mind that a 13"x 40" or !4" x 40" are ideal for gunsmithing. Big (and heavy) enough to actually do some work, small enough they are not unwieldy. If you're chambering through the headstock, which seems to be the most popular method these days, that tailstock is gonna' be heavy on a larger machine,,,,, and you'll be sliding it back and forth alot. Needs to be heavy enough to show some ridgidity, light enough you have some 'sensitivity' as you enter the chamber area with the reamer. 40" bed would be a minimum, longer won't hurt as long as you have the room for it. As for a vertical mill, there should be plenty of used machines available. The bigger the better,,,, 10" x 54"..... You can do 'small work' on a large mill, but you can't do "big work" on a small mill. DROs? Unnecessary! You'll have dial indicators on magnetic bases, anyway. You'll need those $$$ you spent on DROs for tooling. And believe me, there's no end to the 'tooling' you'd need and like to have to make life easier. You won't graduate from any gunsmithing school being a 'cracker jack' machinist. That takes a life time! You [I]can[/I] graduate with a rudimentary understanding of gunsmithing if you apply yourself. Then, the 'learning' begins! [/QUOTE]
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