I know I want one in as nice of shape as I can find, with as much tooling as I can find. There in lies the problem. I can find several W&S's locally, completely stripped.
More than that I am struggling with what SIZE and MODEL I want. I do mostly small work, I have one potential job about 1/4" diameter about 6in long. I have another 1 1/4 about 3in long with threading. And another 5/8" diameter about 3/8 thick, knurling, bore, OD radius.
A #1 seems the obvious ticket.
I am regressing, I've never even seen a W&S running, if I could afford a Mazak QT, I'd be set, but even a used in nice shape is several magnitudes above my available funds.
I see all these comments about free and cheap W&S's, if you know of one that needs a good home, please let me know. Thanks!
More than that I am struggling with what SIZE and MODEL I want. I do mostly small work, I have one potential job about 1/4" diameter about 6in long. I have another 1 1/4 about 3in long with threading. And another 5/8" diameter about 3/8 thick, knurling, bore, OD radius.
A #1 seems the obvious ticket.
I am regressing, I've never even seen a W&S running, if I could afford a Mazak QT, I'd be set, but even a used in nice shape is several magnitudes above my available funds.
I see all these comments about free and cheap W&S's, if you know of one that needs a good home, please let me know. Thanks!