Lathe/Mill Combos

StinkBug · Jun 14, 2011

I had seen the first 2 but not the rest. I'm definitely not interested in the first one, as it looks very similar to my 9" southbend that I'm trying to upgrade from, and definitely not worth anywhere near 2k. The rest are a bit of a drive, but probably worth it if they are in decent shape.

That emco is interesting, never seen a lathe with a movable headstock.

PTSchram · Jun 15, 2011

The turret tailstock on number five looks interesting!

D60 · Jun 15, 2011

Look at min spindle speed too. For grooving ops you very quickly wind up with a lot of tool contact and resulting chattter. 50rpm or less is often very useful. Most of the small lathes won't go that slow, but it's still a consideration when comparing machines that might otherwise seem comparable.

PTSchram · Jun 15, 2011

D60 said:
Look at min spindle speed too. For grooving ops you very quickly wind up with a lot of tool contact and resulting chattter. 50rpm or less is often very useful. Most of the small lathes won't go that slow, but it's still a consideration when comparing machines that might otherwise seem comparable.

Same applies to parting tools as well. If it doesn't have back-gearing, it would minimize the value to me.

MotoDave · Jun 15, 2011

I was looking for a lathe in this size range not too long ago, and settled on Clausing 5900 series as a decent lathe with good parts support. Found a bunch for $1-2k. Unfortunately the work that I wanted to buy it for dried up.

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