Cool, thanks man.
First things first gotta get some stuff up for sale that I don't need and get the money.
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, CNC 6-axis Designs <gcode.fi@...> wrote:
>
> I wanted the best choice I could get new for 3000EUR with toolposts etc.
> I bought a 2400EUR, industrial, Chester Craftsman, at 450 kg mass for a
> 12x24.
> Many are 350 kg for a 12x32. One like this is 4x less rigid !
>
> Note, and this is *vastly important*, this is a heavy, little short lathe.
> Mine has equivalent rigidity and performance to a 2000 kg, 20.000$,
> industrial new Hardinge lathe.
> I am extremely, extremely, extremely pleased with the rigidity and power.
> It has made, for 6 hours straight, blue chips in tool steel (about 10-20
> kg of them, or 100 l trans bags).
>
> This is what loks good, and similar to mine, but smaller.
> for 1400$
> http://www.wttool.com/index/page/product/product_id/14795/product_name/11%22+x+26%22+Lathe+with+Stand+%28WT%29
> Good parts in a 11x lathe:
> MT4 HS spindle (Very good means spindle is sturdy).
> All Extras included: 4-jaw ind. 6-inch, and 3-jaw, and faceplate, and
> centres.
> Mass is unknown.
>
> for 12 x (but light !):
> For 2000$, this looks like mine but is 30% lighter, and half the power.
> http://www.wttool.com/index/page/product/product_id/14774/product_name/Precision+Bench+Lathe+%28WT%29
> I would recommend finding one (google, go look) of the heavy ones.
>
> This is what I got for 1550£ (UK pounds).
> Excellent.
> http://www.chesteruk.net/store/craftsman.htm
> Fit and finish were chinese weak. Non-important.
>
> So, for best little lathe, any of the chicom Jet, Grizzly, Sieg, P.
> Matthews, (Harbour Freight maybe), etc. lathes in the 11x and up.
> Buy the heaviest one in the size range.
> You yourself can add, modify or make anything into a lathe, to Hardinge
> industrial standards, short of rigidity.
> When new, it just takes longer, and you may need to make 2-3 or 4.
> After you have done 2-3, the second one tends to work.
> It took me 2-3 hours to bore my first pulley, 6 years ago, poorly. Par
> for the course.
>
> When you make it ( a bit, bob or "widget"), if you can spend an extra
> 100$ for a piece (extra material and bits cost) you can make it to an
> industrial level.
> Anything you make takes lot of hours.
> If you do it to an industrial level, once you are done, you get a
> tremendous sense of satisfaction, they last forever (a lifetime), and
> produce the next stuff easier.
>
> This looks ok, in the uk for 1100£, but may be light at 180 kg.
> http://www.chesteruk.net/store/db11_variable_speed_lathe.htm
> I am not sure about 11x heavies.
>
> I would not worry about the make/manufacturer/reseller.
> I bought mine from the UK, shipped to Barcelona, Spain.
> As long as its insured and not dropped, anything else is little stuff.
> Mine was missing a handle, replaced with a pieec or brass, still there, btw.
>
> > Wow, that was an awesome reply. Next question--which Chicom and who to
> > buy it from? So you probably know what I decided lol. And yes,
> > building the machines is addictive that's why I've already made the
> > bed and feet and plan on continuing with the series. Probably more so
> > because I know very little and think, like you said, it's a good
> > education. Not to mention even if you have a shop most i've seen
> > aren't also into casting which I think is a valuable extra.
> >
>
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