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<blockquote data-quote="RoyB" data-source="post: 464985" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>THANK YOU FITCH!!!!!!!!!!!</p><p></p><p>I can't stand it whenever somebody asks about purchasing a "hobby Lathe" to thread a few barrels for himself and a few friends and the "machinists" show up and start talking about buying some lathe off a WWII battle ship that needs more work than any home shop fellow is capable of. "Scraping Ways"...Are you kidding me!</p><p>They start talking about lathes with HUGE headstocks that you can't use for any barrel less than three feet long! Or the fellow asks about a "reasonably priced lathe" and they get suggestions for $15K , three ton machines with three phase motors..........</p><p></p><p>I started out with a Smithy machine and built some amazingly accurate rifles and handguns. Won a few matches with them. I really had to use my head and figure out how to machine a 26" barrel on such a machine. But it was great fun just in the planning. I sold the Smithy for more than I paid for it.</p><p></p><p>On advice from the "machinists" I then bought a Southbend that really was from a WWII submarine! Took me over a year to just get it running in a fashion you could call accurate.</p><p> I had to chamber with a steady rest and I hated it. I was told if I bought anything not made in the USA, I was "unAmerican".</p><p>I attended a bunch of the NRA Summer Gunsmithing Schools and got to use lathes where we chambered through the headstock. Some of them were made in Italy, Japan and God forbid, China!</p><p></p><p>Sold the SB and bought a 1985 Taiwan Jet 12X36BD........Still have it!. Makes GREAT barrels. Added a DRO and a DC motor with speed control. I LOVE this lathe. I've used much more expensive machines but I can't make any better rifles with them. </p><p></p><p>I know a bunch of folks making fantastically accurate rifles with the Grizzly Gunsmith lathes. Winning matches and having a blast!</p><p></p><p>In my book, any lathe is better than no lathe.........When I look at the machining on my 1906 Mannlicher Schoenauer and realize what they used to build this rifle, well, you get my drift....</p><p></p><p><img src="http://images51.fotki.com/v1541/photos/3/36012/5991434/P1020392-vi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoyB, post: 464985, member: 1632"] THANK YOU FITCH!!!!!!!!!!! I can't stand it whenever somebody asks about purchasing a "hobby Lathe" to thread a few barrels for himself and a few friends and the "machinists" show up and start talking about buying some lathe off a WWII battle ship that needs more work than any home shop fellow is capable of. "Scraping Ways"...Are you kidding me! They start talking about lathes with HUGE headstocks that you can't use for any barrel less than three feet long! Or the fellow asks about a "reasonably priced lathe" and they get suggestions for $15K , three ton machines with three phase motors.......... I started out with a Smithy machine and built some amazingly accurate rifles and handguns. Won a few matches with them. I really had to use my head and figure out how to machine a 26" barrel on such a machine. But it was great fun just in the planning. I sold the Smithy for more than I paid for it. On advice from the "machinists" I then bought a Southbend that really was from a WWII submarine! Took me over a year to just get it running in a fashion you could call accurate. I had to chamber with a steady rest and I hated it. I was told if I bought anything not made in the USA, I was "unAmerican". I attended a bunch of the NRA Summer Gunsmithing Schools and got to use lathes where we chambered through the headstock. Some of them were made in Italy, Japan and God forbid, China! Sold the SB and bought a 1985 Taiwan Jet 12X36BD........Still have it!. Makes GREAT barrels. Added a DRO and a DC motor with speed control. I LOVE this lathe. I've used much more expensive machines but I can't make any better rifles with them. I know a bunch of folks making fantastically accurate rifles with the Grizzly Gunsmith lathes. Winning matches and having a blast! In my book, any lathe is better than no lathe.........When I look at the machining on my 1906 Mannlicher Schoenauer and realize what they used to build this rifle, well, you get my drift.... [img]http://images51.fotki.com/v1541/photos/3/36012/5991434/P1020392-vi.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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