What Lathes do you use for gunsmithing?

[maddtrappr]

CanAm
I'm gonna go for it.$7900 plus taxs jst plug it in and I'm good to go(well a bit more than that)

 

[CanAm]

CanAm
I'm gonna go for it.$7900 plus taxs jst plug it in and I'm good to go(well a bit more than that)

Nice. Double check they have stock. A friend got one a few months and it took a bit to get as they just sold the last one.

 

[Black Jack]

This is the one I own. A Jet 1550. Fixed a lot of little things to make it work like a new one. Chambered my first barrel last summer and will do another one shortly. I like the 2" spindle bore and the slow speed for threading and stuff.

 

[Rebelson]

I'm picking up a atlas 10f on Sunday, 54" bed.. Now to rechamber that carcano to 7.62x39..

 

[79Jimmy]

I love my 40year old Graziano... I've turned the handles on the Grizzly GS lathe and to me there is no comparison.

 

[David Henry]

15 X 50 that's a nice size of lathe to have, don't know to much about the JET brand name but have had a little experience with a Clausing in the 15 X 50 size. David.

 

[laurencen]

have a Emco 10x36 with milling head for small stuff and a TOSS 18x72 for larger stuff,

 

[MRP]

I'm just a poor red neck. Have had to use a Princess Auto drill press, and a head off a grinder with a floor jack as a tail stock assembly.

 

[desporterizer]

Pre-ww2 McDougall with so much wear it brings a tear to my eye. I will try to chamber a barrel with it one day just to see how bad I can screw it up.

 

[Dragon-Rifles]

Any 12 to 14" American or European lathe with minimum 1-3/8" bore spindle in decent shape will treat you better thàn the new china machines. Clausing/ Colchester Master 2500 is almost perfect. Or the Nardini/ Clausing/ Mascot 14-40 mentioned earlier. Both of these thread metric easily. A nice feature these days.

 

[David Henry]

MRP you've just got to share a photo of that redneck set up your using it sounds like a widow maker for sure. David.