Want To Buy Metal working lathe

[Perplexed]

Anyone in or near Tulsa who wants to get rid of a nice, working metal lathe for a fair price? Space is kind of limited, so 6 or 7 x 14 or 16, thereabouts, would work best for me. Light machining for beginners, nothing too fancy. A combo lathe and mill would be nice as well. No Harbor Freight or other El Cheapo stuff, please. Grizzly, Smitty, Fox, etc. PM me with what you got, and thanks!

 

[ragsflh]

look at precision machine website.sometime they have used machines.ebay has some

 

[Shoot Summ]

Anyone in or near Tulsa who wants to get rid of a nice, working metal lathe for a fair price? Space is kind of limited, so 6 or 7 x 14 or 16, thereabouts, would work best for me. Light machining for beginners, nothing too fancy. A combo lathe and mill would be nice as well. No Harbor Freight or other El Cheapo stuff, please. Grizzly, Smitty, Fox, etc. PM me with what you got, and thanks!

I have a combo machine, I can get by with it, but I would suggest stand alone machines if you have the space.

Check Grizzly, it's worth a road trip to Springfield to just go through the store. They have a scratch and dent room with some decent deals too.

While you are in SFD check out City Butcher BBQ, some good stuff there...

 

[Perplexed]

My gf’s brother, who is a machinist, also recommended separate machines for lathe and mill work. Grizzly was one of his recommendations, too. Might have to make a run up there if I don’t find a used lathe. Good ones aren’t cheap!

 

[Cowcatcher]

I recently bought some Dillon presses from a guy whose FIL passed away and they were selling his stuff. He mentioned having some metalworking stuff. A buddy of mine went and bought it from em. Lathe is an Atlas and Mill is Clausing(spelling?). He's been makin all kinds of stuff. I'm pretty jealous.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Pretty lathe. Your spelling is correct on the mill

 

[Shoot Summ]

My gf’s brother, who is a machinist, also recommended separate machines for lathe and mill work. Grizzly was one of his recommendations, too. Might have to make a run up there if I don’t find a used lathe. Good ones aren’t cheap!

They aren't cheap, and you don't know their history, you could be buying a used, crapped out, abused POS.

I love the old machines, but I'll likely buy a Grizzly when I decide to ditch my combo machine.

The combo machine does it all, but none of it very good. It's a fair mill, and a mediocre lathe. But I paid $400 for it, and I'm building tooling that will transfer to a larger machine when the time comes.

You do know you will spend way more on tooling than the machine itself?

 

[Gunbuffer]

What a coincidence, I’m selling a bunch of tooling

 

[Fyrtwuck]

What a coincidence, I’m selling a bunch of tooling

Tell what you’ve got for sale.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Mostly end mills