Best bench mill for decking and milling.

[Brianlol]

Find something with a 4 jaw chuck

Is that something that can be installed later . He's only asking $750 for it and it's a 3 jaw chuck

 

[Rx7man]

You can get the 4 jaw chuck later, but expect to pay some coin for it.. 4 jaws are cheaper 3 jaw though, I think for that size they'd be between $150-250 depending on the quality I'm sure you can spend more!

 

[Brianlol]

You can get the 4 jaw chuck later, but expect to pay some coin for it.. 4 jaws are cheaper 3 jaw though, I think for that size they'd be between $150-250 depending on the quality I'm sure you can spend more!

That's not tooooo bad since the jet bd 920 n that I found is only $750
That will work

 

[Rx7man]

I don't see the point in an expensive 4 jaw chuck as long as the jaws run smoothly... you're going to be using the dial indicators to center the piece anyhow.. Now on 3 jaw chucks with a scroll, quality matters more, if the jaws aren't all centered, you'll never get your piece centered, and that means every time you take the part out, you have to put it in the same way or your next cut will be totally out... trust me, I fight my lathe on this all the time. I did regrind the faces of it and now it's only about .001" out, but sometimes I like attempting to do fine work

 

[Brianlol]

Going to get the lathe soon
Thank u

 

[Brianlol]

Thank u for ur feed back and info
This is going to be the first time I'm using a metal lathe, I'm used to a wood lathe but I know this is a completely different animal. I have a crazy amount of junk cylinders so I'll have plenty to practice on.
I'm done with the guess work playing around with these cylinders to get my squish. Finally I'm going to able to cut and be done. I'll probably will be searching for the set ups on this site.
Thanks again

 

[Brianlol]

I don't see the point in an expensive 4 jaw chuck as long as the jaws run smoothly... you're going to be using the dial indicators to center the piece anyhow.. Now on 3 jaw chucks with a scroll, quality matters more, if the jaws aren't all centered, you'll never get your piece centered, and that means every time you take the part out, you have to put it in the same way or your next cut will be totally out... trust me, I fight my lathe on this all the time. I did regrind the faces of it and now it's only about .001" out, but sometimes I like attempting to do fine work

What u think

 

[sunfish]

Jet makes a good lathe, it'll do the job just fine.

I also use a lathe to cut bases, a mill isn't really the right tool.

 

[Rx7man]

It'll do what you want it to do, and the price is right.

 

[Brianlol]

Very cool
I'm picking it up at 6 tonight

 

[Rx7man]

Have you tried it out yet?

 

[Brianlol]

Lol not yet
My shop is madness right now but it's in there

 

[Brianlol]

I have to cut some cylinders soon
I'll let u now how the turn out

 

[huskihl]

View attachment 443145 Lol not yet
My shop is madness right now but it's in there

Cute little feller. Seems like it'll work ok. In the table saw and cabinet making world, jet is some fine equipment

 

[blsnelling]

Here's what I use. http://www.grizzly.com/products/10-x-22-Bench-Top-Metal-Lathe/G0602

 

[Brianlol]

Here's what I use. http://www.grizzly.com/products/10-x-22-Bench-Top-Metal-Lathe/G0602

Thats nice but for the price for the jet I couldn't let it go

 

[lwhaples]

The Mac boxes make it look tiny.But it should do what your after.My lathe makes my Mac boxes to tiny.Ha

 

[Stihl 041S]

With any lathe......
Run till warm.
Drain head oil and filter thru coffee filter.
Fresh oil.
Repeat till clean filter.

 

[Marshy]

Jet makes some nice equipment. Hope you got some tooling for it as well.

 

[Derf]

That's a nice looking 044 you got there.