Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
If money were no object, and country of origin not an issue, which manual
lathe within the 6 to 12 inch swing range; and which manual vertical mill with a work volume of approximately a Bridgeport would you purchase? Thanks for youyr opinions. |
Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
The lathe is easy. Buy a Hardinge 10EE.
I don't know what the "good" mills are that are still for sale. You can still buy a new Bridgeport now that they're back in production again (I hear). Buy a DRO for the mill so it comes factory installed. Get at least an X axis powerfeed. Grant BillLee wrote: If money were no object, and country of origin not an issue, which manual lathe within the 6 to 12 inch swing range; and which manual vertical mill with a work volume of approximately a Bridgeport would you purchase? Thanks for youyr opinions. |
Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message ... The lathe is easy. Buy a Hardinge 10EE. No doubt, 10EE. But doesn't Monarch still make these? I haven't kept up with companies buying each other. Karl, "proud 10EE owner" Townsend |
Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
"jim rozen" Hardinge HLVH and a Deckel, probably an FP2 Jim Is the FP2 still made ? I thought everything that I liked had to be discontinued, banned, removed from sale, drastically changed or otherwise stopped. Dean. |
Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:07:43 -0700, "BillLee"
wrote: If money were no object, and country of origin not an issue, which manual lathe within the 6 to 12 inch swing range; and which manual vertical mill with a work volume of approximately a Bridgeport would you purchase? Thanks for youyr opinions. For the lathe, either a Hardinge HLV-H, or as a distant second, A Harrison. Mills..hummmmm a Deckel Followed by nearly any name brand BP clone Gunner -- The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. --James D. Nicoll |
Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
Grant Erwin wrote:
The lathe is easy. Buy a Hardinge 10EE. There is no such lathe. It's either some "Hardinge" model OR a Monarch 10EE. And when asked for "best currently in production lathe" abviously the Monarch 10EE would not be a choice. I don't know what the "good" mills are that are still for sale. You can still buy a new Bridgeport now that they're back in production again (I hear). Buy a DRO for the mill so it comes factory installed. Get at least an X axis powerfeed. Grant BillLee wrote: If money were no object, and country of origin not an issue, which manual lathe within the 6 to 12 inch swing range; and which manual vertical mill with a work volume of approximately a Bridgeport would you purchase? Thanks for youyr opinions. -- Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
jim rozen wrote:
In article , BillLee says... If money were no object, and country of origin not an issue, which manual lathe within the 6 to 12 inch swing range; and which manual vertical mill with a work volume of approximately a Bridgeport would you purchase? Hardinge HLVH and a Deckel, probably an FP2 Subject line reads "currently in production" :) Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
Best currently in production lathe and vertical milling machine?
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 03:50:02 GMT, Abrasha wrote:
jim rozen wrote: In article , BillLee says... If money were no object, and country of origin not an issue, which manual lathe within the 6 to 12 inch swing range; and which manual vertical mill with a work volume of approximately a Bridgeport would you purchase? Hardinge HLVH and a Deckel, probably an FP2 Subject line reads "currently in production" :) Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com I ran into a Hardinge salesman in Reno 2.2 yrs. ago and he said they sold lathes , but they were really expensive. |
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