looking to buy new or Good second-hand, what recommendations do you have? Especially from those who have taken the plunge. Anyone know anything for sale in good order? Budget variable depending on what's available
Gunsmithing lathe recommendations
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There are people who blueprint used machines and re sell . If your wanting something that really works to good tollarances and can't do this yourself, seek them out
Lots of colleges are closing and somehow them have good kit , subscribe to the auctions tgat deal with these dispersal
Lots of colleges are closing and somehow them have good kit , subscribe to the auctions tgat deal with these dispersal
ask brock& norris or look through the youtube clips of gun smithing and see what they use.
I would say a nothing with a long bed, decent size spindle and a dro
Stalker-of-the-deer
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An old Colchester student would be OK. Does everything you need and they are not massively complicated.
Sonicdmb73
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Are you looking for a 3ph machine or single phase?
Something just big enough or big enough for any eventuality?
You will probably get more for your money with a larger lathe (assuming you have room) as they are less desirable as far as smaller lathe’s are.
The same applies to mill’s, there’s two in my landlords workshop. One is single phase and you could fit it in your garage. The other would fill it, but it’s worth half or less than the smaller one.
It would be worth your while signing up for bidspotter. A grownup version of EBay, well actually the online portal for auction houses. There’s quite a lot of sales with everything from repossessions to ex military and school/college equipment on.
I get the emails from them with various lots. We have fitted out two joiners shops through bidspotter. Just remember to add the sales premium and VAT (where applicable).
Any supply, i can fit an inverter, needs to be big enough to do 26” barrels i’d say, and work between centres when screwcutting so long bed preferably. Will concentrate on hunting and tactical rifles mainly. Will likely fit a truebore alignment system as one upgrade
If your premises suits go for a diesel generator but obviously not all premises are good for that , plenty secondhand just used as firms will buy new and sell at the end of the job ( rather than have one breaking down on the job or store one not being used after )
Invotec are the people for inverters in the UK made here and exported all over well worth betting a waterproof one even if its used inside especially if it's near coolants and definitely near grinding machines
Long bed Imperial Colchester Master/Harrison M300 new a couple of years ago. Factor in around 18K by the time it was modified to be suitable for short barrel work and Anjest & Metradial fitted. Tooling on top of that and 600 group will try to take £1200 from you to deliver and install it. I collected it myself.
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Quite a few lathes come up pretty cheap in the college closure auctions. Look at bidspotter.co.uk
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Sonicdmb73
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Bit of shipping to add on those. Not just the buyers premiumQuite a few lathes come up pretty cheap in the college closure auctions. Look at bidspotter.co.uk
Metalworking Machinery Auctions | Bidspotter Auctions
BidSpotter's offering of metalworking machinery auctions is the perfect place to find the assets you need.
Im not sure an auction sale is for me, would want the time to check it all properly. Maybe new is the way to go. I saw a pair of nice m300’s in good nick but they were short bed.
I bought a long bed Harrison M250 with the intention of using it to teach myself rifle rebarreling. It's not overly powerful but is perfect for my tinkering and screwcutting etc, and has a big enough spindle through bore for barrels. It's a metric machine but I was able to buy plastic change gears very cheaply for the imperial pitches. It's a 3 phase lathe with inverters for motor and coolant pump - I've wired in a potentiometer for variable speed. Combined with a small milling attachment it enables me to do lots of fun little home gunsmithing projects.
Only the first ones are in New York. They have them all the time for machines that are in the UK.
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