Castle 1717 in the LST

[redshift]

You ground your shaft and didn't need to hehe..... sorry I'll try to be somewhat useful here.

I see Castle is once again making things right, great job there!

I didn't want to put this in the 1717 thread, so I'm dumping it here lol.

While your grind job was HACK, it was a good one, and I've done crap like that more times than I can remember.

I've been trying to get a friend of mine to get a lathe/mill combo machine for years. The possibilities with these are almost endless. With a cheap indexer or angle vise you could do pretty much anything a 4 axis NC can do, albeit a bit slower.

The hard part is convincing people that these machines can pay for themselves in less than one year. And that goes for rookies too. Think about the money most of us have in ONE rc, not to mention the motor junkies like yourself :)

First up is a Harbor Freight, good...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=5980

Now HF does carry one bigger/better than this, but for that kind of money- you want to go with a good name.
So next up is a Grizzly, better...

http://grizzly.com/products/Combo-Lathe-Mill/G4015Z

Another $150 will get you this, and you would NEVER need another machine, absolute best for the $

http://grizzly.com/products/Combo-La...tachment/G0516

$1300 is actually a small investment on the potential returns you could make with one of these. VERY small.
Even if you're only doing parts for yourself!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by redshift

While your grind job was HACK, it was a good one, and I've done crap like that more times than I can remember.

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Another $150 will get you this, and you would NEVER need another machine, absolute best for the $

http://grizzly.com/products/Combo-La...tachment/G0516

$1300 is actually a small investment on the potential returns you could make with one of these. VERY small.
Even if you're only doing parts for yourself!

Hmm, I do like the look of this. I had planned to buy something, as it would be handy to have. I even have a decent area to put it.

I would not buy large equipment like this from HF, I have had a few of their drill presses and the bearing wear out very quickly... I plan to take one of them apart and see what can be done with the bearings...

I have read thru grizzly before and did like the combo machines. I hate to buy something I will outgrow, but you have to start somewhere...

Only issue is I would have to keep it a secret, everyone I know would want me to make stuff for them!