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Lathe and Mill Recomendations??
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<blockquote data-quote="lynxpilot" data-source="post: 1159286" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p><a href="http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/" target="_blank">Practical Machinist - Largest Manufacturing Technology Forum on the Web</a></p><p></p><p>These folks are into the machining side of it, but there are some that are serious gunsmiths. As far as machines, I highly recommend whatever you might learn from that forum. If I were pursuing gunsmithing, I'd need some serious machines. There are a lot that come available because machine shops go out of business all the time. The old heavy machinery is always the best. They can be rebuilt and tuned with new ways and gears. Vibrations from floppy cheap Chinese junk results in hugely reduced precision. The extra dollar or effort in restoration is worth it. Pretty much all of them can be retrofit with digital readout, and most with axis drives as well. Good Luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lynxpilot, post: 1159286, member: 23349"] [url=http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/]Practical Machinist - Largest Manufacturing Technology Forum on the Web[/url] These folks are into the machining side of it, but there are some that are serious gunsmiths. As far as machines, I highly recommend whatever you might learn from that forum. If I were pursuing gunsmithing, I'd need some serious machines. There are a lot that come available because machine shops go out of business all the time. The old heavy machinery is always the best. They can be rebuilt and tuned with new ways and gears. Vibrations from floppy cheap Chinese junk results in hugely reduced precision. The extra dollar or effort in restoration is worth it. Pretty much all of them can be retrofit with digital readout, and most with axis drives as well. Good Luck! [/QUOTE]
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