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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 46119" data-source="post: 1063910"><p>If you are not going to profile barrels, IMO long bed is not required.</p><p></p><p>10" swing or larger is desired.</p><p>5" or larger chuck capacity.</p><p></p><p>You will out spend the lathe on tooling in short order. </p><p></p><p>As I see it, barrel spiders are going to be frequently used smithing tools. One for the spindle nose, one for the spindle tail. I am making my own spiders. Part of "going to the next level" with my machining. They are turned now I need to drill and tap for the set screws.</p><p></p><p>I will be making bolt and action spiders as well. Though I prefer the Manson tools for actual truing of actions. Finding the centerline of the bolt ways and checking the face of the action to it, is justification enough to make and acquire the tooling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 46119, post: 1063910"] If you are not going to profile barrels, IMO long bed is not required. 10" swing or larger is desired. 5" or larger chuck capacity. You will out spend the lathe on tooling in short order. As I see it, barrel spiders are going to be frequently used smithing tools. One for the spindle nose, one for the spindle tail. I am making my own spiders. Part of "going to the next level" with my machining. They are turned now I need to drill and tap for the set screws. I will be making bolt and action spiders as well. Though I prefer the Manson tools for actual truing of actions. Finding the centerline of the bolt ways and checking the face of the action to it, is justification enough to make and acquire the tooling. [/QUOTE]
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