Metal lathe/mill

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I would spend my money on something a little more heavy duty. For that money you can get a much nicer 7 x 12 or even a 9 x 20 that will do a lot more. Bunch of stuff you will probably not use.
 
Price is ok, machine is a bit lightweight.
Nice selection if you like to tinker with a lot of things.
I'd offer less if you're interested, not sure I'd give that, but it's a fair price nonetheless.
I'd agree with Bruce, probably get a dedicated lathe and tool it,
you would get better use.
 
I would not want to go smaller than one of the 7 X 12 lathes. I have a unimat in addittion to the Grizzly 7 X 12. The unimat will turn a pen, but I consider it too light weight and small for pens.

Ben
 
IF he broke it up and sold it on ebay he could sell it for more than he is asking although the ebay fees would eat some of that up. I have a couple of those lathes. I also track sherline auctions on ebay. THe used lathe with a couple of the accessories go $500+ used on ebay. Some of the accesories bring 80% of retail even used. I have run into the limitations of the SHerlines. but Im doing work on them for which they were not intended. Some of the stuff you would probally not need and could sell them off to recoup part of your investment. One good thing about Sherline The parts and accessories are readily available here in the U.S.

Ben its a much stronger lathe than the unimat. I have had one of those also. THe 4400 has 17 inches of work area and you can buy a spacer kit to raise the head and tails stock another inch+ making it a 6in swing. More than enough to make pens.
 
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I was wondering why a person would sell a lathe for less than 1/3rd of what he lists as retail value? Just curious.
 
Woodlvr said:
I was wondering why a person would sell a lathe for less than 1/3rd of what he lists as retail value? Just curious.
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Loss of a job, to pay other bills, food and utilities. Lot of bargains out there, my son picked up a 1 year old Smithy lathe/mill with a lot of extra tooling for $1100. An easy $3000 of almost new equipment.
 
BRobbins629 said:
I would spend my money on something a little more heavy duty. For that money you can get a much nicer 7 x 12 or even a 9 x 20 that will do a lot more. Bunch of stuff you will probably not use.
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Agree, I would suggest that a 7x12 would be an absolute minimum, I have the 9x20 (with EVS) and I really wouldn't want to go smaller.

If you are buying a 7x, the 7x14 is much better value.
 
most have already said what i thought but also, no threading noted in kit, i would be concerned with the power of the machine. and the rest are right, $1200 will by quite a bit of larger lathe and pick up the little attachments as you see that you need them.
this one is very limited in size, versatility and power.
no power feed noted, manual at the end of lathe.

remember, with a metal lathe you are not always going to be turning pen parts. you will also be making tools, fixtures, jigs and who knows what. some of those make need a larger more powerful lathe.
 
He has the threading attachment listed which are the threading gears etc. It wasnt meant to do large work. However thegears are a pain in the ass to use. I have a seperate lathe setup to do threading until I get the cnc lathe up and running. they are not meant to do large work. That bieng said I have a hard time recomending them for pen turners.
 
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