So I want to make a few small parts and right now have a cross slide table with a dremel drill press and a little 3 jaw chuck that can fit in a normal power drill. I have been able to do a fair bit of stuff with these but I can never get more than a rough shape that I then have to either sand for file until I can make something work.
so based on the research I have done it seems space and cash limited are people like myself are limited to a unimat or other tiny vintage lathe, a Chinese 7x14, a Sherline 4000 or a Taig micro lathe II.
Also based on what I have read you need to do work on Chinese machines to get them to have good results and if I don’t really know much about a vintage machine it doesn’t sound really smart to roll the dice on eBay, so that really just leaves Taig and Sherline.
I suppose on that aspect I am leaning a bit more towards Taig due to being cheaper and then selling a milling attachment for a reasonable price, as it really isn’t that much more than a Chinese mini lathe. Am I missing something, is there a big quality or feature difference between Taig and Sherline?
so based on the research I have done it seems space and cash limited are people like myself are limited to a unimat or other tiny vintage lathe, a Chinese 7x14, a Sherline 4000 or a Taig micro lathe II.
Also based on what I have read you need to do work on Chinese machines to get them to have good results and if I don’t really know much about a vintage machine it doesn’t sound really smart to roll the dice on eBay, so that really just leaves Taig and Sherline.
I suppose on that aspect I am leaning a bit more towards Taig due to being cheaper and then selling a milling attachment for a reasonable price, as it really isn’t that much more than a Chinese mini lathe. Am I missing something, is there a big quality or feature difference between Taig and Sherline?
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