Buy the biggest machine you have space for, both in your wallet and your shop.
I have a Southbend 10K lathe (54" bed, 10" swing) that's more machine than I will normally use, but it's got the oomph to do what I need it to. As for tooling/briknbrack, yeah, it adds up. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME GETTING A MILLING ATTACHMENT FOR YOUR LATHE. I'll say that again. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME GETTING A MILLING ATTACHMENT FOR YOUR LATHE. You're better off picking up one of the Mini-mills out there from Harbour Freight (or equivelant) and using that. A mill goes hand in hand with a lathe. I ran a Sherline 4400 for a couple of years, and for my purposes (mostly minor gun-work) it was not enough. The milling attachment for it was barely adequate, and required great patience if you had any kind of material to remove. A job that took me 5 hours on the Sherline Mini-mill took me 25 minutes on my full-size mill. I timed it doing the same job. Go big or go home. NS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
