"Gojo". Other than "lathe", that's the only term I recognized in this whole thread.
Grizzly G509G Lathe
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Confused, are you saying his shop was dirty or?
Butch,
I paid dearly to convince her to park her CTS on the driveway. The garage is now full;. 3 Taiwanese lathes; PM1440TV, 1236, 1024, a 9x20 I mostly use for turning necks and boring AR15 buffer tubes to accommodate the sleeved BCG, the Bridgeport, a horizontal bandsaw, Baldor carbide grinder, Kalamazoo belt sander, and the Miller MIG welder you willed me that I have yet to learn how to use.
hoz53
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I see--well it looks like you could eat off the floor in there. I couldn't get mine that clean if I spent 8 hours a day for a month at it. Ive given up trying--Mabie if I got a wife it would work
butchlambert
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I see--well it looks like you could eat off the floor in there. I couldn't get mine that clean if I spent 8 hours a day for a month at it. Ive given up trying--Mabie if I got a wife it would work
Can't comment on your wife situation, but Nez and I have been blessed with great ones for many years. If you look at Nez's shop you are also seeing the quality of his work.
Now I can relate to your shop.
Walt Krafft
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I finally figured out it was faster to clean up daily than wait for it to get so bad it takes a week to clean after I lost a week looking for stuff in the mess.
hoz53
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that's for sure and put stuff back as your done using it. Still hard for me to find things as Im an absent minded type. And I don't know how my floor got like that- It used to be clean concrete
urbanrifleman
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We are going to use my old Logan to contour barrels. It is going to be so cool 
We are going to use my old Logan to contour barrels. It is going to be so cool
Curious, what King of follow rest do intend to use? Did not all the posts maybe you have a follow rest.
Dusty Stevens
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A hydraulic follow rest is a must for sure
Agreed. I've tried standard follower, and taper attachment... what a pain. I called my buddy in PA who has a TL1, marked the dimensions on the barrel. A week later for 35 bucks plus shipping I have the barrel back. What a relief....
urbanrifleman
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I wouldn't say it's a must, would be nice to have something like but it is not essential.
ridgeway
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Let us know how that turns out, lolWe are going to use my old Logan to contour barrels. It is going to be so cool
Dusty Stevens
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I think youll find your lathe is a few thousand pounds too light and that follow rest is way more essential than you might imagine. Id say contouring barrels is the biggest challenge in gunbuilding. I know a lot of gunsmiths thats done one. Theres a reason we buy contoured blanks and why folks like stan taylor contours others for us. Hes rigged up to do it
Thought I recognized that machine somewhere.
urbanrifleman
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Will do. Mocking sarcasm aside
skeeljc
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If it is going to be a dedicated machine convert it to digital. A couple of servomotors and glass scales and a programmer and you would have a CNC lathe.
urbanrifleman
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I have the 1440bv and SB10k. In hindsight I'd do a gearbox 14" lathe and run a freq drive. I love being able to dial rpms on the fly when metric threading, but it comes at the cost of a dedicated clutch/brake and manual gears.
Comparing the finish and details between the PM and SB is like the difference between a printed part and a precision ground part.
The PM does cut very accurately and is fully functional.....but it's no classic American iron.
Comparing the finish and details between the PM and SB is like the difference between a printed part and a precision ground part.
The PM does cut very accurately and is fully functional.....but it's no classic American iron.
PM 1340 GT has a 1 9/16" spindle bore. I have chambered a 1.45" barrel with no issues in mine.
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