What Kind of Lathe Do You Use For Gunsmithing?

[BAJ]

Just wondering, what kind of lathes everyone is using for their work...

Brian

 

[MilGunsmith]

At work a Clausing Metosa 1565SS and a Hardinge HLV-H. At Home three South Bend 9A's and a Hendey 14x6 Conehead.

 

[mike in co]

13x40 import....used....price was right...so far...so good

mike in co

 

[jackie schmidt]

Pratt & Whitney 10x60 tool room lathe........jackie

 

[Cheechako]

6" Crafstman.

Only kidding. Any good, accurate lathe can be used for gunsmithing. A long bed and/or big hole thru the headstock sure do help when making barrels. Tooling in a quantity that will often equal or exceed the cost of the lathe itself is also something to look for. Look at photos of what some of the old masters used and you might be surprised. It's probably 95% the man and 5% the machine.

JMHO

Ray

 

[mike cockcroft]

Romy DoAll 13, 13x40
In the learning stage now, making fixtures and jigs for practice

 

[operator1]

An 11" Rockwell

 

[RoyB]

Jet 12X36BD

 

[Mike Bryant]

Kent TRL 1340V
Leblond Regal 15x56

 

[Bnhpr]

Grizzly
South Bend

 

[ultramagmed]

Grizzly 4003G without a problem!!

Med.

 

[Butch Lambert]

I do my barrel work on a 6913 Clausing 14X48.
Butch

 

[alinwa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwzUxzDS4tk&NR=1

When the REA runs the power in I hope to upgrade.

Get a better light.

al

 

[martin zuck]

A pair of heavy 10" South Bend's.

 

[Shiraz Balolia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwzUxzDS4tk&NR=1


al

That's a true variable speed!

 

[Hal]

Al

That's a dandy. I always wanted to try one out.

Hal

 

[Wayne Shaw]

Acer 1440E

 

[JerrySharrett]

I use what the masters used. South Bend Heavy 10.

 

[clowdis]

I've got an Enco 14 x 40 and it is accurate. I'd rather have a new U.S. lathe, but this is what I could afford.

 

[ndh78]

Mori Seiki MS750 (my baby)
Nardini 1440
Hardinge HLV-H (restoration project but I stole it!)