Matthew Carel
Plastic
- Joined
- May 31, 2019
I picked up a Ward 3DB off of CL for $300 from a company that manufactures compressor parts. It came with a large amount of expensive through-coolant tooling which I figured could be sold for far more than what I gave for the machine if I decided to not keep it. After setting it up, I was very surprised how quiet the headstock still was after years of abuse and thousands of parts. The machine holds tolerances very well. It's pretty easy to hit stuff within 1/2 of a thousandths. I use it as much as my Okuma center lathe. Anyone else have any thoughts with these machines?