Leon Fisk wrote:
On 20 Jan 2006 17:39:04 -0800,
wrote:


Leon Fisk wrote:
On 19 Jan 2006 19:57:59 -0800,
wrote:

Ok. I perused the Taig and Sherline sites and found only micro and
miniature lathes, which seem way too small for me.

Any other recommendations for a machine for what I need to do would be
appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Hi Darren,

Did you request a free Grizzly catalog yet?

http://www.grizzly.com/catalog_requests.aspx

It only took about a week to get mine (last week persactly,
about an half inch thick). It has a whole lot more than just
metal working machines in it. Lots of tooling, gizmos,
gadgets, woodworking... The pictures are excellent, much
better than HF catalogs.

It could be helpful. You could look at pictures of the odds
& ends being discussed here.

Actually, I'm trying to stay away from HF and Grizzly because Don
hinted that I could do better.

I'm concentrating on a lathe because it's one can do more with it than
a drill press, and operation is simpler than a mill and therefore it
follows that there would be less in the way of maintenance issues to
worry about.

P.S: I did fill out that form, but didn't yet received that catalog.

Thanks.

Hi Darren,

They are a bit more expensive than what I can afford,
provided I can get something similar elsewhere. They do have
some unique stuff though and their prices aren't terribly
bad. If you do get a catalog (like I said, it took about a
week or so, I was surprised it was so quick) it is great for
just researching what is available. Nobody said you had to
buy the goody/item from them too ;-)

I'm looking into the old Craftsman mills and lathes now, since it seems
that older may be better for my purposes.

The problem I'm running into is that I wouldn't know a good(or bad)
deal when I see one on a machine like an old Atlas mill or Atlas lathe.
And there seems to be little info on these machines on the internet.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.