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Old 01-25-2008, 09:24 AM
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What type of lathe can you get for under $1,000. I have never used one, except a wood lathe. I would like to use if for turning small parts, doing threads, and for sizing shafts for making other tools and the like. I don't really have a good idea of what size you need for what job. I don't know of any used places around here, maybe in philly, and I would like one that doesn't need a lot of work that I don't know how to do to fix it. It would be an adjunct to the metal working I am doing now. thanks for any input.
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Old 01-25-2008, 12:42 PM
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maybe you can get 1000 of these 1$ lathes Metal lathe

seriously though.....it sounds like this guy just wants the lathe out of the garage. I dont have room for it or means to transport it or I would have checked it out. I think it was originally listed in the western MD craigslist

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Old 01-25-2008, 01:01 PM
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Thanks, thats a little bigger than I thought i would want to move around, but I am going to check it out anyway!
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More likely the $1 is a typo, Craigslist seems to have that as a default and when people don't change it it gets included.
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Old 01-25-2008, 03:35 PM
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The Blacksmith must use Hammer and Flame to force the iron down the path of his own choosing.
I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect.

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You could build one of these for much under $1000... http://www.vintageprojects.com/machi...modelling1.pdf

Not uber-cool CNC or anything -- not even a built-in scale -- but I'm sure it'd be fairly useful. Am considering building it myself.
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Old 01-26-2008, 06:48 AM
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Well I will sit on it for a while and see what comes up. A used one sounds like a good way to go, but something not over 1000 pounds I would guess, just for the sake of moving it from here to there. thanks.
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If you're interested in machining metal, do you know this site?

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Old 01-26-2008, 10:41 AM
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yes just saw it yesterday on one of these threads somewhere. It looks like a great site, I have registered and will be on there soon. thank.s
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