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Gunsmithing
smallest practical lathe for chambering and threading
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<blockquote data-quote="birdiemc" data-source="post: 1531949" data-attributes="member: 29632"><p>I'm the farthest thing from a gunsmith or machinist, but I bought the grizzly G0752 a few years back with the intention of using it to learn how to use a lathe and be able to true actions and chamber barrels.</p><p>..the works. What I've found though is it's too short to turn between centers and the spindle bore is only 1.00" so I'm limited to barrels that are already profiled...no $100 green mountain blanks to get some practice on first. It's a far cry from the old lathe I played around with back when I worked in an Aviation Repair Station but all we used that for was turning down worn armatures on starter generators...but it makes chips and with patience you take off material, just dont expect deep cuts. If I could go back and do it all over I might still get a grizzly if there wasn't anything better readily available but it would be one with a longer bed, a bigger spindle bore, and a gear head, change gears just **** me off</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="birdiemc, post: 1531949, member: 29632"] I'm the farthest thing from a gunsmith or machinist, but I bought the grizzly G0752 a few years back with the intention of using it to learn how to use a lathe and be able to true actions and chamber barrels. ..the works. What I've found though is it's too short to turn between centers and the spindle bore is only 1.00" so I'm limited to barrels that are already profiled...no $100 green mountain blanks to get some practice on first. It's a far cry from the old lathe I played around with back when I worked in an Aviation Repair Station but all we used that for was turning down worn armatures on starter generators...but it makes chips and with patience you take off material, just dont expect deep cuts. If I could go back and do it all over I might still get a grizzly if there wasn't anything better readily available but it would be one with a longer bed, a bigger spindle bore, and a gear head, change gears just **** me off [/QUOTE]
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