AusVarmint

What have you got or what do/have you used? In the market for a diy smith shop.

Colchester Master 2500 lathe, bridgeport clone, Tormach CNC and Cincinnatti CNC. They cover pretty much anything I need to do but a little CNC lathe is on the cards.

Hafco HM 46 mill, Lathe is next, not decided exactly what to get.

Hafco AL350B lathe. Taiwanese made. 44mm thru the headstock, 35" removable gap bed, 3 & 4 jaw chucks, full power feed. Indexed thread cutting, reversing back gears/belt head. Bought it new in 1981. Only maintenance to date was replacement of the feed nuts about 5 years ago. It's done a lot of work over the years and it will be around for a lot longer than I will. Interesting is that it's part metric, part imperial like me last holden was.

GregT wrote:Colchester Master 2500 lathe, bridgeport clone, Tormach CNC and Cincinnatti CNC. They cover pretty much anything I need to do but a little CNC lathe is on the cards.

mmmm.... That's a winning hand right there.

Mine - Hafco AL320G lathe. Hafco HM10 mini mill. Lathe is good but would love a quick change gearbox.

fingers crossed i score the lathe and mill from work. the lathe is a Jimy C6241x1000 a 51mm spindle diametre and 4' bed, should be good to put a barreled action in.