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Lathe and Mill Recomendations??
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1159882" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>60K won't even get you started with those two machines. You'll need to buy a chuck and tool post for the TL1, and you'll still have cutting tools and holders to obtain. No vise or tool holders with the mill. And a clamping set is a necessity. It's no good without those. Gonna' do some fluting? Price even a manual dividing head, then price the 4th axis (you'll need a chuck for either one of those, too.). Delivery chgs. Do you have 3 phase power available? If not, you'll need a substantial phase convertor. You'd have to do a very high volume of work to justify the investment, and 'new' shops don't usually draw a high volume of that kind of work. Both of those would have to be "makin' money" at least 8 hrs a day, every day. Stick with decent quality manual machines. Gunsmithing isn't production work. Just a small amount of research will tell you how many start-ups fail in a short period of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1159882, member: 24284"] 60K won't even get you started with those two machines. You'll need to buy a chuck and tool post for the TL1, and you'll still have cutting tools and holders to obtain. No vise or tool holders with the mill. And a clamping set is a necessity. It's no good without those. Gonna' do some fluting? Price even a manual dividing head, then price the 4th axis (you'll need a chuck for either one of those, too.). Delivery chgs. Do you have 3 phase power available? If not, you'll need a substantial phase convertor. You'd have to do a very high volume of work to justify the investment, and 'new' shops don't usually draw a high volume of that kind of work. Both of those would have to be "makin' money" at least 8 hrs a day, every day. Stick with decent quality manual machines. Gunsmithing isn't production work. Just a small amount of research will tell you how many start-ups fail in a short period of time. [/QUOTE]
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