Al Smith
Here For The Long Haul!
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- Jan 14, 2016
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I've said before it's all about location as to what you can find and how much it costs .Generally speaking in this area of Ohio they are relatively inexpensive ,On the plains in Kansas not so much .Atlas and Southbend made some sturdy smaller lathes that would work well and chucks etc are plentiful .However as Randy said a ball headed lathe,no tooling you can spent three times the cost of the lathe in just the tooling so that has to be taken into account.
In addition with about any machine you can surf the net and find forums on them with lots of info .I happened to lucky enough to have a Monarch 10 "EE toolmakers lathe .12.5" by 20" which normal;y you don't find one cheap .Right place right time .I need to install a new electronic control unit on it which I can't seem to find the time to do and I have the new controller already
In addition with about any machine you can surf the net and find forums on them with lots of info .I happened to lucky enough to have a Monarch 10 "EE toolmakers lathe .12.5" by 20" which normal;y you don't find one cheap .Right place right time .I need to install a new electronic control unit on it which I can't seem to find the time to do and I have the new controller already