T_Hicks
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2005
- Location
- Central NC
Hi all,
I am at the beginning of starting my own gunsmith shop. Thanks for your patience answering yet another newbie-getting-started question.
Background: mid-life career change, good mechanical aptitude but no machining experience. I intend to do the AGI video series so I can get started on my own schedule. I am currently looking into shop space, financing, etc. Haven't bought any equipment yet. FFL will happen when I find the shop space.
My quandry is, I will need a good mill and lathe to go through the videos and start the business with. But I don't know what I am looking for. I have been wandering around gunsmith and machine Web sites, and the terminology is pretty foreign, though I'm sure I will catch on with time and study. Looked at a few machine Web sites, and I REALLY don't know what I am looking for.
I need a recommendation for a lathe and miller for my gunsmith shop.
What features do I look for?
New or used?
Foreign-made or US?
What is the most I should pay for them?
I am figuring that I will need about $20,000 in just equipment to get started. Please help me spend it wisely.
If this question is too big, please pardon, but I need to start somewhere.
I am at the beginning of starting my own gunsmith shop. Thanks for your patience answering yet another newbie-getting-started question.
Background: mid-life career change, good mechanical aptitude but no machining experience. I intend to do the AGI video series so I can get started on my own schedule. I am currently looking into shop space, financing, etc. Haven't bought any equipment yet. FFL will happen when I find the shop space.
My quandry is, I will need a good mill and lathe to go through the videos and start the business with. But I don't know what I am looking for. I have been wandering around gunsmith and machine Web sites, and the terminology is pretty foreign, though I'm sure I will catch on with time and study. Looked at a few machine Web sites, and I REALLY don't know what I am looking for.
I need a recommendation for a lathe and miller for my gunsmith shop.
What features do I look for?
New or used?
Foreign-made or US?
What is the most I should pay for them?
I am figuring that I will need about $20,000 in just equipment to get started. Please help me spend it wisely.
If this question is too big, please pardon, but I need to start somewhere.