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<blockquote data-quote="jarnold37" data-source="post: 465016" data-attributes="member: 29241"><p>Yes, I agree that you can get carried away and pay big bucks for a new machine just to fit and chamber a few barrels a year. There are different ways to look at that however. You can drive from here to California in a 1982 Chevy truck just as well as driving a 2011 truck and the end result is the same-you arrive in Calif. The trip might be more enjoyable in the 1982 due to the fact you only paid $1500 for it as opposed $35000 for the 2011. Then there is someone like myself, who would rather drive the new truck for the enjoyment of the ride.</p><p> A good friend of mine is one that goes to auctions and buys used machines and starts working on them. He is capable of doing this because he has a machine shop and the skill to fabricate almost anything. He has a 3 ton Sidney lathe made around 1950. I have a 14x40 that I bought new and prefer it over something old(even though his machine is heavier,sturdier and so on.)</p><p>Knowing what I know now-I would do it a little differently if doing over. I wouldnt buy the $15K lathe that I bought-I would buy a new import-the largest spindle that still used single phase(probably a 14x40 is biggest lathe and still single phase) and had no smaller than 1-9/16 hole through spindle. Buy a quality 6 jaw chuck and Aloris tool holder and you are set.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jarnold37, post: 465016, member: 29241"] Yes, I agree that you can get carried away and pay big bucks for a new machine just to fit and chamber a few barrels a year. There are different ways to look at that however. You can drive from here to California in a 1982 Chevy truck just as well as driving a 2011 truck and the end result is the same-you arrive in Calif. The trip might be more enjoyable in the 1982 due to the fact you only paid $1500 for it as opposed $35000 for the 2011. Then there is someone like myself, who would rather drive the new truck for the enjoyment of the ride. A good friend of mine is one that goes to auctions and buys used machines and starts working on them. He is capable of doing this because he has a machine shop and the skill to fabricate almost anything. He has a 3 ton Sidney lathe made around 1950. I have a 14x40 that I bought new and prefer it over something old(even though his machine is heavier,sturdier and so on.) Knowing what I know now-I would do it a little differently if doing over. I wouldnt buy the $15K lathe that I bought-I would buy a new import-the largest spindle that still used single phase(probably a 14x40 is biggest lathe and still single phase) and had no smaller than 1-9/16 hole through spindle. Buy a quality 6 jaw chuck and Aloris tool holder and you are set. [/QUOTE]
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