rbahr
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2004
- Location
- Carlisle, MA, USA
Hi All,
I am in the process of setting up my retirement shop - as in I am about to retire, want to replace the 9" SB A lather with something bigger and better.
One option is the SB Heavy 10 esp with the 2 1/4" 8TPI spindle. I like SB because parts and information is available everywhere, BUT I know there are a lot of good other choices.
What I want is to be able to reliably (repeatably) hold .001" or perhaps better, a ~4' bed, 11-14" swing, and very good quality - this is the most important aspect to me. Tools and parts should be reasonably available
I guess my budget is ~$4k + the value of a very well tooled 9"A - I am assuming optimistically that it might work out to ~$6K. BUT I would like this to be reasonably well tooled...
I would love a Hardinge HLV - but suspect that for my budget I would get a boat anchor, Rivett seems to make a nice small one. Monarch seems a bit large WRT footprint. I live in the NE so shipping a big ol' piece of metal 3000 miles might eat up a bit of my budget. 3 phase power is not a problem.
I have been searching for a while, and it is not easy to wade through the information.
I am really looking for guidance on what to look for. I am currently in a basement - it does have a 6' slider
Thanks
Ray
I am in the process of setting up my retirement shop - as in I am about to retire, want to replace the 9" SB A lather with something bigger and better.
One option is the SB Heavy 10 esp with the 2 1/4" 8TPI spindle. I like SB because parts and information is available everywhere, BUT I know there are a lot of good other choices.
What I want is to be able to reliably (repeatably) hold .001" or perhaps better, a ~4' bed, 11-14" swing, and very good quality - this is the most important aspect to me. Tools and parts should be reasonably available
I guess my budget is ~$4k + the value of a very well tooled 9"A - I am assuming optimistically that it might work out to ~$6K. BUT I would like this to be reasonably well tooled...
I would love a Hardinge HLV - but suspect that for my budget I would get a boat anchor, Rivett seems to make a nice small one. Monarch seems a bit large WRT footprint. I live in the NE so shipping a big ol' piece of metal 3000 miles might eat up a bit of my budget. 3 phase power is not a problem.
I have been searching for a while, and it is not easy to wade through the information.
I am really looking for guidance on what to look for. I am currently in a basement - it does have a 6' slider
Thanks
Ray