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smallest practical lathe for chambering and threading
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1526982" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>ya', you might buy 'used',,,, if you know what you're looking at as far as wear and usability. And, it my come with lots of other stuff. Whether that 'other stuff' is useable for your intended purpose is another question. All the "other stuff", as well as the lathe itself could have been bought by someone who really didn't know what was needed. A good friend bought a used Grizzly Gunsmithing lathe and it came with several boxes of "stuff". No 4 jaw chuck. No QC tool post. No tool holders. No turning or threading tools. A dead center, but no live center. A coolant tank that looked like it was half full of motor oil. The seller want 'more' for the cheap Chinese indicator he had, but we left him with that. The seller had bought it so he could 'do his own chambering', but he never did. He didn't even have the basics needed for just a bit of 'general' type lathe work. the seller did include a .308 Win. finish reamer. Said he attempted to chamber one barrel ( a Krieger) several times without success. Showed us the 'trashed' barrel with no shank left (I helped my friend move the lathe and gave the machine a 'once over', to make sure it was useable). Another local gunshop decided they'd get into the custom barrel install business. Spent lots of money on their set-up, but in the end, that fizzled too. The guy at the gunshop was a pretty good repair 'smith and mechanically inclined. but he wasn't up to barrel work with no machining experience, only a days instruction from another shop and YouTube for help. I think his lathe and tooling is probably still for sale. He'll never get out of it what he spent on it. I would guess there are twice as many that fail and give up as there are that succeed, who buy a lathe to do their own barrel work. We just never hear of those who don't succeed on these forums. It's not 'rocket science', but it does take some 'know-how' and common sense (which isn't so common anymore). Doesn't mean you shouldn't try if you want to. But you definitely need better than a combo mill/drill/lathe. I've seen that tried, also, without success I 'll add!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1526982, member: 24284"] ya', you might buy 'used',,,, if you know what you're looking at as far as wear and usability. And, it my come with lots of other stuff. Whether that 'other stuff' is useable for your intended purpose is another question. All the "other stuff", as well as the lathe itself could have been bought by someone who really didn't know what was needed. A good friend bought a used Grizzly Gunsmithing lathe and it came with several boxes of "stuff". No 4 jaw chuck. No QC tool post. No tool holders. No turning or threading tools. A dead center, but no live center. A coolant tank that looked like it was half full of motor oil. The seller want 'more' for the cheap Chinese indicator he had, but we left him with that. The seller had bought it so he could 'do his own chambering', but he never did. He didn't even have the basics needed for just a bit of 'general' type lathe work. the seller did include a .308 Win. finish reamer. Said he attempted to chamber one barrel ( a Krieger) several times without success. Showed us the 'trashed' barrel with no shank left (I helped my friend move the lathe and gave the machine a 'once over', to make sure it was useable). Another local gunshop decided they'd get into the custom barrel install business. Spent lots of money on their set-up, but in the end, that fizzled too. The guy at the gunshop was a pretty good repair 'smith and mechanically inclined. but he wasn't up to barrel work with no machining experience, only a days instruction from another shop and YouTube for help. I think his lathe and tooling is probably still for sale. He'll never get out of it what he spent on it. I would guess there are twice as many that fail and give up as there are that succeed, who buy a lathe to do their own barrel work. We just never hear of those who don't succeed on these forums. It's not 'rocket science', but it does take some 'know-how' and common sense (which isn't so common anymore). Doesn't mean you shouldn't try if you want to. But you definitely need better than a combo mill/drill/lathe. I've seen that tried, also, without success I 'll add! [/QUOTE]
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