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<blockquote data-quote="jrock" data-source="post: 962084" data-attributes="member: 78569"><p>I've been wanting to get into rifle making as a hobby. I do have some machining experience. I recently inherited a lathe from my grandfather which only has a 22" bed on it. I assume that can only do work on receivers and not barrels with this lathe. I don't see the point of truing up a receiver and then sending it to a smith to put a barrel on. Therefore, I want to sell the lathe and get one that is capable of doing the whole gun, barrel and receiver. When I say make, I mean receiver modifications and re-barreling for hunting and target rifles. I would probably make 15 guns or so over the next 40 years or so and sell some of them to pay for the equipment.</p><p> </p><p>I do not know much about lathes for this type of work so what lathe would be good for my life time hobby and where is the best place to get one? Also what do you think the lathe and tool up cost would be?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jrock, post: 962084, member: 78569"] I've been wanting to get into rifle making as a hobby. I do have some machining experience. I recently inherited a lathe from my grandfather which only has a 22" bed on it. I assume that can only do work on receivers and not barrels with this lathe. I don't see the point of truing up a receiver and then sending it to a smith to put a barrel on. Therefore, I want to sell the lathe and get one that is capable of doing the whole gun, barrel and receiver. When I say make, I mean receiver modifications and re-barreling for hunting and target rifles. I would probably make 15 guns or so over the next 40 years or so and sell some of them to pay for the equipment. I do not know much about lathes for this type of work so what lathe would be good for my life time hobby and where is the best place to get one? Also what do you think the lathe and tool up cost would be? [/QUOTE]
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