rscott9399
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2022
Hello all,
I am new here and just an amateur hobbyist
I have been eyeballing a small hobby lathe and I think I have a decent handle on the options out there. Chineese imports and such.
I have been thinking about a precision Mathews of some variety.
One thing that seems to be important to me is a cam lock system. So far I have only found that on larger machines. I am looking for a like a 10X24 or similar.
I have no particular goal in mind, but would like to be able to handle mild steel although I will mostly cut 6061 im sure.
My goals are to become a reasonable machinist for fun and will attempt the classical machine shop projects. Hammers, sterling engines , all the usual some projects us type tend to get into.
I was wondering if someone knew of a lathe that size that uses a cam lock system
I am not a fan of the Chinese non standard tapers found on most small hobby lathes.
Thanks!
I am new here and just an amateur hobbyist
I have been eyeballing a small hobby lathe and I think I have a decent handle on the options out there. Chineese imports and such.
I have been thinking about a precision Mathews of some variety.
One thing that seems to be important to me is a cam lock system. So far I have only found that on larger machines. I am looking for a like a 10X24 or similar.
I have no particular goal in mind, but would like to be able to handle mild steel although I will mostly cut 6061 im sure.
My goals are to become a reasonable machinist for fun and will attempt the classical machine shop projects. Hammers, sterling engines , all the usual some projects us type tend to get into.
I was wondering if someone knew of a lathe that size that uses a cam lock system
I am not a fan of the Chinese non standard tapers found on most small hobby lathes.
Thanks!