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Turning my own Solid Brass bore riders For the 338 Lapua
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<blockquote data-quote="vintec" data-source="post: 287751" data-attributes="member: 10265"><p>The $300.00 would best be used buying the bullets from Lehigh.</p><p> </p><p> My brother bought one of the harbor freigt lathes at a yard sale one time for $100.00 he brought back here to my shop set it up beside my Okuma CNC lathe, he said we could use it for something and that it was only $100.00. It works ok to put small stuff in maybe to run some emory cloth on. But it will not accuratley cut anything....anything. It will just barley turn aluminum. </p><p> </p><p>To actully produce a bullet on a manual lathe with a radius ogive would be very difficult, and very time comsuming. You can cut a taper with a manual lathe but requires, a compond ,or a taper attachment, or off setting the tail stock. None of them would be an econonmcal choice to make bullets.</p><p> </p><p>But it if you wanting to machine something just as a hobby dont waste your time or money on one of the Harbor Friegt machines. The will never be able to produce a good quality part, in a timely manner..... or maybe at all</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vintec, post: 287751, member: 10265"] The $300.00 would best be used buying the bullets from Lehigh. My brother bought one of the harbor freigt lathes at a yard sale one time for $100.00 he brought back here to my shop set it up beside my Okuma CNC lathe, he said we could use it for something and that it was only $100.00. It works ok to put small stuff in maybe to run some emory cloth on. But it will not accuratley cut anything....anything. It will just barley turn aluminum. To actully produce a bullet on a manual lathe with a radius ogive would be very difficult, and very time comsuming. You can cut a taper with a manual lathe but requires, a compond ,or a taper attachment, or off setting the tail stock. None of them would be an econonmcal choice to make bullets. But it if you wanting to machine something just as a hobby dont waste your time or money on one of the Harbor Friegt machines. The will never be able to produce a good quality part, in a timely manner..... or maybe at all [/QUOTE]
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