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Lathe and Mill Recomendations??
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1160277" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>an old guy that I used to know was always tinkering in his shop. Now his shop had a 440 volt electrical system. He had a government surplus lathe, knee mill, and a Taft Pierce surface grinder. Bought the surplus equipment for pennies on the dollar (about a dime a pound!). He went an inspected them, and literally bought them for about two thousand dollars. Ask me how much I'd charge him to put scales on the lathe and mill. Told him it was going to cost him a lot of beer and pizza. I used Anilam scales and their box (install better than the typical Hidenhand), plus I knew I could get a deal on them. Took a weekend to get this work done (Freddie had to make several brackets). The lathe was a Monarch 14x48 that even had a Buck chuck and a very nice four jaw with it. After it was up and running I worked the bed over to get it cutting strait, and then tightened the spindle bearings (lathe had very little time on it). Cross slide gib had to be spotted, and the compound was as new. I doubt the knee mill (K&T) had a hundred hours on it! It was almost perfect (even the grey paint!) </p><p></p><p>Now for what you dread! Freddie needed a good mill vise. He found a nice used Kurt, and some arbors. Made several sets of parallels, and had me harden them. The Taft Pierce is a .000050 grinder, and Fred was a hell of a tool maker. Then Fred had to buy some chuck jaws ($$$), and an Alorus tool block. In the end he had close to $2K in the tool block and tool holders alone! The grinder didn't come with a chuck, and that was some serious money. He bought a Chinese chuck, and liked to never got it ground! Found a good used indexing head with the tail stock, and had me touch it (more beer and ribs this time). Last time I talked with Fred he was getting a nice Niken compound rotary table (was afraid to tell the wife how much!). Plus he was looking for looking for a set of collets and the head for the lathe. His $2K investment came closer to $15K! Those parts new would be close to $25K.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1160277, member: 25383"] an old guy that I used to know was always tinkering in his shop. Now his shop had a 440 volt electrical system. He had a government surplus lathe, knee mill, and a Taft Pierce surface grinder. Bought the surplus equipment for pennies on the dollar (about a dime a pound!). He went an inspected them, and literally bought them for about two thousand dollars. Ask me how much I'd charge him to put scales on the lathe and mill. Told him it was going to cost him a lot of beer and pizza. I used Anilam scales and their box (install better than the typical Hidenhand), plus I knew I could get a deal on them. Took a weekend to get this work done (Freddie had to make several brackets). The lathe was a Monarch 14x48 that even had a Buck chuck and a very nice four jaw with it. After it was up and running I worked the bed over to get it cutting strait, and then tightened the spindle bearings (lathe had very little time on it). Cross slide gib had to be spotted, and the compound was as new. I doubt the knee mill (K&T) had a hundred hours on it! It was almost perfect (even the grey paint!) Now for what you dread! Freddie needed a good mill vise. He found a nice used Kurt, and some arbors. Made several sets of parallels, and had me harden them. The Taft Pierce is a .000050 grinder, and Fred was a hell of a tool maker. Then Fred had to buy some chuck jaws ($$$), and an Alorus tool block. In the end he had close to $2K in the tool block and tool holders alone! The grinder didn't come with a chuck, and that was some serious money. He bought a Chinese chuck, and liked to never got it ground! Found a good used indexing head with the tail stock, and had me touch it (more beer and ribs this time). Last time I talked with Fred he was getting a nice Niken compound rotary table (was afraid to tell the wife how much!). Plus he was looking for looking for a set of collets and the head for the lathe. His $2K investment came closer to $15K! Those parts new would be close to $25K. gary [/QUOTE]
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