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<blockquote data-quote="Fitch" data-source="post: 342274" data-attributes="member: 19372"><p>You can buy the fully tooled mini lathe, then buy the Grizzly and have spent 1-1/2 times as much as it would cost to just get the Grizzly to start with. </p><p> </p><p>I have a 12x36 Taiwanese gear head lathe that is 20 years old. I've used it to do a whole lot of things in that 20 years. Most recently I've used it to chamber and crown barrels for a couple of my hunting rifles. Works really well for that after I made a couple of minor modifications.</p><p> </p><p>All lathes have slop in the cross feed and compound feed screws. One of the first things you learn to do is to work around it by always approaching from the same direction.</p><p> </p><p>The feed screws on my 12x36 aren't perfect so I took a few minutes and made an attachment that allows me to use a dial indicator to measure cross feed travel. </p><p> </p><p>I've looked at the Grizzly small and large gunsmith lathes at the show room in Lycoming PA. They look good to me. I see no reason the small one can't be used to do first class work including but definitely not limited to chambering and crowning rifle barrels.</p><p> </p><p>Grizzly has a reputation for standing behind their tools.</p><p> </p><p>Go to the gunsmithing part of this forum and and you will find all sorts of threads on the Grizzly lathes.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.benchrest.com/forums/index.php" target="_blank">Benchrest Central Forums - Powered by vBulletin</a></p><p> </p><p>They aren't perfect but there are some folks out there doing world class work on them.</p><p> </p><p>Fitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fitch, post: 342274, member: 19372"] You can buy the fully tooled mini lathe, then buy the Grizzly and have spent 1-1/2 times as much as it would cost to just get the Grizzly to start with. I have a 12x36 Taiwanese gear head lathe that is 20 years old. I've used it to do a whole lot of things in that 20 years. Most recently I've used it to chamber and crown barrels for a couple of my hunting rifles. Works really well for that after I made a couple of minor modifications. All lathes have slop in the cross feed and compound feed screws. One of the first things you learn to do is to work around it by always approaching from the same direction. The feed screws on my 12x36 aren't perfect so I took a few minutes and made an attachment that allows me to use a dial indicator to measure cross feed travel. I've looked at the Grizzly small and large gunsmith lathes at the show room in Lycoming PA. They look good to me. I see no reason the small one can't be used to do first class work including but definitely not limited to chambering and crowning rifle barrels. Grizzly has a reputation for standing behind their tools. Go to the gunsmithing part of this forum and and you will find all sorts of threads on the Grizzly lathes. [URL="http://www.benchrest.com/forums/index.php"]Benchrest Central Forums - Powered by vBulletin[/URL] They aren't perfect but there are some folks out there doing world class work on them. Fitch [/QUOTE]
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