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Help with selecting bench top lathe and vertical mill
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 2062422" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I went through 2 lathes before I finally bough one that could do the job and whished I had bought a good one in the first place. The one I bought has been a good one and didn't cost an arm and a leg. at the time the grizzly's cost more than I could afford or I would have bought the one I mentioned for the features. </p><p></p><p>Now they have become more affordable for some reason. I lusted over some of the best lathes but they were so far out of my budget all I could do is look and wish. also what I found out was the tooling is the biggest expense so I ended up building most of my special tools for the lathe. I tried the inserted tools and found that the more expensive inserts ended up being the cheapest in the long run and did a better job of cutting the best finishes.</p><p></p><p>I am also slowly changing back to High Speed steel because they can be ground to best suite the need and are reusable over and over. I try to use only inserts where I have to maintain the set up for multiple parts and can change the inserts without altering the setup like on threads but the best inserts are required for beautiful threads .</p><p></p><p>Learning how to grind your tooling is part of doing good machining instead of relying on premade inserts and can be a big help in controlling cost. </p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 2062422, member: 2736"] I went through 2 lathes before I finally bough one that could do the job and whished I had bought a good one in the first place. The one I bought has been a good one and didn't cost an arm and a leg. at the time the grizzly's cost more than I could afford or I would have bought the one I mentioned for the features. Now they have become more affordable for some reason. I lusted over some of the best lathes but they were so far out of my budget all I could do is look and wish. also what I found out was the tooling is the biggest expense so I ended up building most of my special tools for the lathe. I tried the inserted tools and found that the more expensive inserts ended up being the cheapest in the long run and did a better job of cutting the best finishes. I am also slowly changing back to High Speed steel because they can be ground to best suite the need and are reusable over and over. I try to use only inserts where I have to maintain the set up for multiple parts and can change the inserts without altering the setup like on threads but the best inserts are required for beautiful threads . Learning how to grind your tooling is part of doing good machining instead of relying on premade inserts and can be a big help in controlling cost. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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