I don't know exactly, the Chinese stuff has sloppy bearings and screws and stuff (sloppy being relative term to much higher priced machinery) so the pundits say, some users tune them up a bit but they are still not as good as the "real" stuff. Grizzly has a gun lathe or two in their catalog, they are BIG things and pricey. No idea how those are on precision. I see lathes and mills for auction here in Houston occasionally, they are big Bridgeport mills and some sorts of production machine shop lathes, I guess the guys who are really into it buy those if they have room. There are some other brands that are European or Taiwan or Japanese that are pricey and very good, you can get smaller machines, but you pay for that.
--R Alex Chamberlain wrote: > On Nov 21, 2007 5:41 AM, Rich Thomas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> These are similar to Grizzly and HF and I think a couple other brands, >> the Chinese ones are all made in the same factories from what I can find >> out, slightly different features on some of them. Smithy might be a bit >> higher quality (and price) than the G and HF units, but similar. I have >> been thinking about these things (a lathe and a mill) for awhile, but >> don't have room right now. FWIW everyone says not to get the combo >> machine as it ends up being a PITA to use, better to get a separate >> lathe and mill. These machines are apparently OK for general hobby use >> but not quite up to precision-type work (which most people probably >> don't do anyway). >> > > How precision is precision? Seems to me a lot of people would be in > the market for a machine like that to do amateur gunsmithing work on. > (I know I would.) Precision is critical there, or you might as well > not bother. (Well, OK, not if you're making a Kalashnikov, but for > anything else, thousandths of an inch matter.) > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo et al. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
