Gunsmithing Lathe advice!

[sirhrmechanic]

That's pretty ingenious!!!

Well done!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Clark]

After much consideration, I have decided to order a PM1236.
I looked very hard at the Grizzly G4003, and was rather enamored by the number of threads it cuts, along with the advantages of the norton gear box and the pre-installed spider.
Ultimately, I decided that I would never need all those extra threading options, as I will be doing barrel installs and maybe some minor fabrication, the rest of the PM1236 preferred package, made it a bit of a no-brainer.
If I ever get good enough to start doing it for money, I'll invest in the Taiwan made machines.

I am on my 4th lathe in gunsmithing, with a PM1236 since 2009.
In 8 years I have done ~ 25 rifle barrel threads and chambers, but mostly other stuff.
With DRO, I have $4k into it.
I have repaired the gearbox. I have repaired the DRO.

My opinion is shared by a few..... Not enough old surplus lathe to go around for all the amateur gunsmiths.... but there are plenty of surplus mills to go around for every wanna be gunsmith.