a good lathe and mill
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Topic: a good lathe and mill
Posted By: ekeboo
Subject: a good lathe and mill
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 8:57pm
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Kinda a question for enos but anybody who know just say. well im lookin for a good SMALL lathe and mill. the mill cant be over 5 thousand though. -------------  
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Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 8:59pm
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u can get something decent for under $5000... i don't know of any companies that make them, though.
I'll ask my boss how much our lathe was. ------------- 
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:06pm
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ya, i would love to own one, but theres no way i would spend money on a lathe when i could get a good sup'airball field for that, LOL ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:09pm
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Enos why are you not answering?? srry for the stupid comment but i realize you are a mod and have to scan the whole forum so sorry -------------
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Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:10pm
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Did you try lookin in Ebay? ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:11pm
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Well i just dont now what the good stuff is i dont want to buy a cheapo one that breaks in one use -------------
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:12pm
I own a Homier 7x12 lathe. Its fairly cheap at around $375, but it runs very nice once you tweak some stuff on the machine. Check out http://www.mini-lathe.com - http://www.mini-lathe.com ------------- 
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Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:16pm
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$375...wow that is cheap and I jus remembered I saw a magazine that advertizes mills and drills as well as lathes at Barnes & Noble. And the cheapest mill & drill they were advertizing in the magazine was selling fer it $495, dont remember the name of the brand tho. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition!
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Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:18pm
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thanks guys i found a lathe but what about a mill i would like one of those too. -------------
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:19pm
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got all worried for nothin, he was just gettin a pic and some info for you, geez paitience ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
ekeboo wrote:Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 25 October 2004 at 9:25pm
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srry ^^ but i am impatient and ive got to do homework now so later. -------------
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Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 1:06am
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For $5k you can get a used Bridgeport mill will a few accessories, Google it, something will come up. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 5:42am
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check
http://www.grizzly.com/ - http://www.grizzly.com/ |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 4:45pm
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Thanks youmont -------------
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Posted By: waarp8nt
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 5:31pm
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Try here http://www.blueridgemachinery.com/ - http://www.blueridgemachinery.com/ ....under special sales. They have a mill/drill that would fit nicely into your budget. You can always look for used good old school U.S.A. made machines like Southbend and Bridgeport. They are well built and usually worth a little more, but you could pull in a 9" or 10" Southbend Lathe for $1200-$2400 with tooling. The Bridgeport Mill would depend alot on condition, but could be had for $1000-$3000. The school that I went to had some nice Logan lathes. Simple to operate and the speeds could easily be changed from under the bench with a belt. ------------- Tippmann 68 Carbine D-feed X-core Palmer Direct Stabilizer Ricochet AK hopper J&J 12" barrel Y2K cradle/Drop Trigger Mods |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 6:20pm
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Call me a n00b, but what exactly does a lathe do? ------------- 
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 7:26pm
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How exactly does a mill work? |
Posted By: ScarFace22
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 8:08pm
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[QUOTE=Tolgak]Call me a n00b, but what exactly does a lathe do?[/QUOTE] Your not the only one I was wondering the same thing. ------------- 
Check my thread in the Great guns thread for Timmy tech help or PM me |
Posted By: Shadowminion
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 8:10pm
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I'd get an old Bridgeport , you can actually make parts to rebuild itself , way-guides and such , with a mill , but it would be a strickly manual operation , for doing fancy CNC work, your looking in the neighborhood of 1-200K$ , Traveller had a good estimate on prices for both the lathe and mill . Trog , a lathe ,, shapes metal by turning the metal past a stationary Bit , can make tubes out of pieces of round stock , can cut threads into that metal , grooves for O-rings , Sleeve bearings (and Barrel inserts ). A mill is almost exactly the opposite , a turning bit travels past a stationary piece of metal , you can cut reliefs , dovetails , keyways , make way guides (flat linear bearings , Brass ) and a Variety of other work with the proper holders and bits . Both Very useful pieces of equipment for metalworking . Nice lil lathe there , Enos , 7" swing and 12 inch length ? Heh, with a few mods on that thing , you could have a precision ID/OD grinder , Oh, isnt that outlet a bit overloaded ? He-He ------------- SL68-II , micro honed and polished .688" bore . Tuff Enuf . Widowmaker , under construction |
Posted By: zak
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 8:21pm
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lathe spins the metal and you use cutting tools to remove metal. example would be turning a 2inch peice of stock into a paintball barrel. as for a mill its like a drill press but the table moves back and forth. you put endmills in and feed the peice into the mill to remove metal ------------- |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 8:30pm
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Hehe its good enough for paintball work. No need for a huge bed length for bolts and valves and such.
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Posted By: PROCARBINEϗ
Date Posted: 26 October 2004 at 9:52pm
Speaking of bolts and valves how is yours coming along? (valve that is) ------------- 
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