Dr_Zinj
Veteran Member
Looks like the same company my father got his from 15 years ago, which is now sitting in several pieces in my garage waiting for me to finish the basement before setting it up. Requires adding a 220 line to it though.
New toy on it's way. Ordered this lathe, and stand. The stand won't be available for pickup until April 16th. Either the Long Shore men's slow down has them stuck on the dock. Or those Asian kids are getting unionized! I've never run a lathe before. Installed several over the years, but never run one. Should be fun to learn how.:cool2:
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I'm jealous, too. Nice! :thumbsup: I've wanted a lathe for a long time. Just missed a used South Bend lathe at an auction last week. I'll keep looking.
Several years ago, after getting fedup with a local machinist, I bought a 14x24 Monarch. Sometimes i love it and sometimes i think its more trouble than its worth. Anytime I get to thinking its just taking up space in the shop, I think about the reason I bought it and just smile everytime i take a dollar out of the local machine shops pocket and save it in mine. I would say my lathe has saved me the purchase price I paid for it, just in my personal projects. I occassionally will make a pin or bushing for some of my equipment owning buddies. Mostly it just sits in the corner and takes up space.
New toy on it's way. Ordered this lathe, and stand. The stand won't be available for pickup until April 16th. Either the Long Shore men's slow down has them stuck on the dock. Or those Asian kids are getting unionized! I've never run a lathe before. Installed several over the years, but never run one. Should be fun to learn how.:cool2:
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Grizzly.com® --
Full disclosure... never owned or operated for that matter, a metal lathe. But I surely didn't realize or expect that Grizzly was the Cadillac of lathes! I don't know much about Grizzly metalworking tools, but my limited knowledge is that they are Chinese made (not necessarily a bad thing and I am on business in China as we speak) and a great value for the buck. I don't know about being the 'Cadillac' and I am not really impressed with Cadillacs these days anyways. :laughing: However for serious hobbyist work, I don't have any doubts that is it a great choice. Shield Arc... I am looking forward to coming by again and learning a new tool!Great little lathe. Best brand and good size for learning. Doesn't matter if you NEED one or not, you'll have a blast just learning about them. yeah - I'm jealous. Been thinking about one of those cheapie's from HF. But a Grizzly? Cadillac of lathes. That'd be my choice.
My last one was one with the name written in Chinese... poor quality, but for my skill level, that didn't matter. Many hours of fun just chopping up metal. Oh - and ash trays Got gobs of those made from pistons. Favorite learning exercise... Should have never sold it.
... I surely didn't realize or expect that Grizzly was the Cadillac of lathes! I don't know much about Grizzly metalworking tools, but my limited knowledge is that they are Chinese made (not necessarily a bad thing and I am on business in China as we speak) and a great value for the buck. ...