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Grizzly G4003G Gunsmith’s Lathe Part 1
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 651974" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>There were some tremendous buys in high and vocational school machines around 10 years ago. Most schools discontinued their vocational training programs because of insurance issues and lack of participation by students. I bet that some serious investigation on your part would uncover some good buys even today.</p><p> </p><p>That's where I bought the LeBlond, from a high school shop. It was used little and very, very well tooled and I got it for basically scrap price. I also bought a very lightly used Minster OBI tryout, 5 ton centrufigal press.</p><p> </p><p>The issue with bigger machines is the rigging to move, especially from inside a school building. I wound up removing as much of the machine as possible in parts, then pulling the bed out with a high low, reassembling the machine in my shop. You need some serious road equipment to haul the stuff. A pickup bed don't work, or a U-haul trailer and you better know about load securement.</p><p> </p><p>Refitting a DRO is a simple and not too expensive matter on any machine. For under 1500 bucks and some time, you can fit a 3 axis IP54 glass scale encoder/readout unit that will be accurate to 0.0005, much better than your machine is capable of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 651974, member: 39764"] There were some tremendous buys in high and vocational school machines around 10 years ago. Most schools discontinued their vocational training programs because of insurance issues and lack of participation by students. I bet that some serious investigation on your part would uncover some good buys even today. That's where I bought the LeBlond, from a high school shop. It was used little and very, very well tooled and I got it for basically scrap price. I also bought a very lightly used Minster OBI tryout, 5 ton centrufigal press. The issue with bigger machines is the rigging to move, especially from inside a school building. I wound up removing as much of the machine as possible in parts, then pulling the bed out with a high low, reassembling the machine in my shop. You need some serious road equipment to haul the stuff. A pickup bed don't work, or a U-haul trailer and you better know about load securement. Refitting a DRO is a simple and not too expensive matter on any machine. For under 1500 bucks and some time, you can fit a 3 axis IP54 glass scale encoder/readout unit that will be accurate to 0.0005, much better than your machine is capable of. [/QUOTE]
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