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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1070371" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>The skill is in the man, not the machine. Heavy lathes are nice. They're ridgid. Gunsmithing chores aren't done like 'production' work is. I run a 20" Summit at the machine shop, sometimes. I take a cut .060" deep (that's .120" in dia.) @ .008" to .010" per revolution on alloy steels. No way would I try that with a bench lathe. Used as intended, as a tool room lathe, if not worn out, it'll do gunsmithing tasks all day long. In the mid '70s I made many tools for screw machines on a Clausing bench lathe that was in the tool room. It was about the same size as that little South Bend. I chamber throuh the head stock and I'd not want to do it on a 15" or 16" swing lathe. The tail stock would be just too heavy to handle easily. Even with a muzzle flush, you still have to handle the tail stock, just not as often. Back to the OP,,,,, the guy is a hobbiest looking for a lathe to do hobby work with. In his case, no need for a machine capable of production that's be hard to handle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1070371, member: 24284"] The skill is in the man, not the machine. Heavy lathes are nice. They're ridgid. Gunsmithing chores aren't done like 'production' work is. I run a 20" Summit at the machine shop, sometimes. I take a cut .060" deep (that's .120" in dia.) @ .008" to .010" per revolution on alloy steels. No way would I try that with a bench lathe. Used as intended, as a tool room lathe, if not worn out, it'll do gunsmithing tasks all day long. In the mid '70s I made many tools for screw machines on a Clausing bench lathe that was in the tool room. It was about the same size as that little South Bend. I chamber throuh the head stock and I'd not want to do it on a 15" or 16" swing lathe. The tail stock would be just too heavy to handle easily. Even with a muzzle flush, you still have to handle the tail stock, just not as often. Back to the OP,,,,, the guy is a hobbiest looking for a lathe to do hobby work with. In his case, no need for a machine capable of production that's be hard to handle. [/QUOTE]
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