Why not to buy this lathe?

[Matt@Nearfield]

Lads and ladies

I'm seriously considering selling my Steyr and buying a lathe.

I am very much a buy one cry once person. Nothing more I hate than buying something and regretting it every time I use it. Its also expensive as it buying twice.

Having said that I have no intention of making fine Swiss watches. Or machining lorry parys. Just the little bits and pieces we tend to use on airguns. I also feel that thread cutting is pretty much obligatory.

I appreciate that a big lump of cast, will always beat something small for accuracy and speed. But move house a lot and no dont want much over 100kg really. (I used to buy and sell 'old iron woodworking machines so know it can be done fine, but not what I want for now).

I am a complete newbie.

Looking through old threads I found a similar recommend to this-

AMABL210E VARIABLE SPEED LATHE - 38mm SPINDLE BORE & <strong>(ELS)</strong> ELECTRONIC CHANGE GEAR SYSTEM

www.amadeal.co.uk

It would leave me with maybe £5-600 for initial tooling bits.

All input gratefully received.

M.

 

[UncouthJ]

Could've sold you one if some horrible oiks hadn't robbed my lockup

 

[Wobbler45]

Have a look at Axminster Tools, they are good quality and reasonable prices. I used to buy machines for a large school and had good service from them

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

Could've sold you one if some horrible oiks hadn't robbed my lockup

Oh I'm so sorry to read that

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

Have a look at Axminster Tools, they are good quality and reasonable prices. I used to buy machines for a large school and had good service from them

They've got a great deal on one on ebay, £750 off. I'll find a link. I think their woodworking machines are cr.p, but didnt know about their metal machines

 

[TimD81]

its got a good through chuck bore diameter, decent rated motor, but I can't say Iv heard of the make before but im not a big machinist and would be wary of spares if electronics failed in a few years?

 

[zakdingel]

its got a good through chuck bore diameter, decent rated motor, but I can't say Iv heard of the make before but im not a big machinist and would be wary of spares if electronics failed in a few years?

This i have heard about the main board being prone to blow

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

This i have heard about the main board being prone to blow

Ah. That's a good reason. It was an old thread it was recommended on.

 

[RatBashingBrickie]

Do Festool not make lathes?

 

[squib]

Rigidity on a machine, or the need for it is entirely related to the size of parts you’re turning, and the depth of cuts and feed rates you are trying to achieve.
Small brass and plastic parts in airgun sizes will put very little strain on any machine.
As for tooling, I think 5-600 is totally over egging it. Carbide indexable tooling in hobby sizes is dirt cheap, and carbide router bits, once you have made yourself a holder are extremely durable, and will give excellent results for radius and boring operations.

 

[John79]

look one bay second hand one's, my old man brought a cracking refurbished myford super 7 from there

 

[shergar]

Powerful motor, decent spindle bore, limited by the 400 mm between centres.
600 mm would increase options.

 

[ColinD]

Have a Warco Supermini lathe for a few years now and it's been fine for what I need it for, although I did change the bearing as they were crap. Had a Myford for a while, spur of the moment buy, great lathe but took up too much space, for what I needed and that was one of their smaller ones
But as they say you can turn small stuff on a big lathe, but you can't turn big stuff on a small lathe.

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

Powerful motor, decent spindle bore, limited by the 400 mm between centres.
600 mm would increase options.

At the expense of weight though I'd expect surely?

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

Rigidity on a machine, or the need for it is entirely related to the size of parts you’re turning, and the depth of cuts and feed rates you are trying to achieve.
Small brass and plastic parts in airgun sizes will put very little strain on any machine.
As for tooling, I think 5-600 is totally over egging it. Carbide indexable tooling in hobby sizes is dirt cheap, and carbide router bits, once you have made yourself a holder are extremely durable, and will give excellent results for radius and boring operations.

Fair enough. I just presumed there would be loads of little things I hadn't thought of. Like ummmm

 

[ColinD]

Sub12 have got a new channel on YouTube about lathe machining etc, describing his machines and tooling used. Very informative

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

Sub12 have got a new channel on YouTube about lathe machining etc, describing his machines and tooling used. Very informative

On it thanks Colin . Also starting Blondihacks at the beginning again.. and various others

 

[Gummage]

Blondihacks is cool and informative.
Take your time buying mate, buy once and get a good lathe.

 

[Mike Woody Watkins]

Sorry but l don’t understand the the question ??

You wanted to sell an air rifle !

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

Blondihacks is cool and informative.
Take your time buying mate, buy once and get a good lathe.

Agree completely