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Lathe and Mill Recomendations??
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 1159071" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Roy: I presume (maybe wrongly) that you are younger than I am. I have limited patience myself. I suspect when I pass, my wife is gonna have one helluva machinery sale.......<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I set all the machines in the shop myself and some are pretty darn heavy. I have one toolroom grinder thats over 7000 pounds, that is a chunk of iron (Meehanite to be exact). It's accurate to 0.00001 (supposedly in a controlled enviroment) that it's not in.</p><p></p><p>My ultimate gunsmithing lathe would be a LeBlond Servoshift, no question and while I own one, it isn't used for anything having to do with firearms, except maybe pointing meplats in a collet (if I can actually use it). My second choice would be Monarch 10EE.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to accuracy (much like long range rifles), mass is a deciding factor.</p><p></p><p>For hobby stuff and fiddling, those machines are fine but don't expect +-0.001 accuracy because it won't happen. Not enough meat there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 1159071, member: 39764"] Roy: I presume (maybe wrongly) that you are younger than I am. I have limited patience myself. I suspect when I pass, my wife is gonna have one helluva machinery sale.......:D I set all the machines in the shop myself and some are pretty darn heavy. I have one toolroom grinder thats over 7000 pounds, that is a chunk of iron (Meehanite to be exact). It's accurate to 0.00001 (supposedly in a controlled enviroment) that it's not in. My ultimate gunsmithing lathe would be a LeBlond Servoshift, no question and while I own one, it isn't used for anything having to do with firearms, except maybe pointing meplats in a collet (if I can actually use it). My second choice would be Monarch 10EE. When it comes to accuracy (much like long range rifles), mass is a deciding factor. For hobby stuff and fiddling, those machines are fine but don't expect +-0.001 accuracy because it won't happen. Not enough meat there. [/QUOTE]
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