Looking for the rigth lathe
Hey guys, I’m here hoping to get some help on chosing a lathe. Pretty much I need once that will handle every part of a full sized air rifle. I plan on making my own barrels, so deep hole drilling is a must.
Thanx alot guys hope to hear from you guys soon =)
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well I found a nice website where I can buy blank rifled barrels for good price.
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/catalog.aspx?catid=27″round button rifled barel blanks”
then I can just machine those to fit my design.
as far as a lathe, I was thinking something like this. any input?
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Combo-Lathe-Mill/G9729
yup . get the biggest machine you can with the best low – hi speed . and well built . my lath goes down to 44rpm up to 1500 , which is good .
im not sure about drillin an making barrels , thats something you need to know well an expeiment lots . check out some of the single split end drills , they are fluted an pumped with coolent
youd want a coolent pump aswell but not sure yours would pump 2000psi . so expect to spend $4000+for a lathe then extra , maybe a good second hand one .
id highly sugest getting machanical tubing or machined tube or even hydraulic , im sure you can get a good size that could make your barrel . ive found its way easier to make a barrel an then make bullets to fit , then make a barrel to fit a bullet .
Thanx alot guys hope to hear from you guys soon =)
won’t be deep hole drilling on a lathe
Get a gunsmith lathe from Grizzly at a bare minimum.
But the biggest spindle and longest bed you can afford. Budget nearly as much for tooling
do a search for Bill Webb rifling machine and build that to do the deep hole drilling and rifling of barrels
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I hate combo machines. They are like Enduro bikes, they do neither job well.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Gunsmith-s-Bench-Top-Lathe-with-Stand/G4003G
consider this machine to start out.