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  1. 26th September 2011, 08:37 PM #1
    tezza38c
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    Hi,my name is Tezza and i am going to buy a new lathe and mill.i have been looking at a havco al320g bench lathe and a havco hm32 mill,i will mainly be making parts for my hotrod and motorcycle,i would like an opinon on these or a better alternative and any other advice that would help. i did metalwork at school many years ago and have a very basis knowlege of using a lathe but am looking forward to learning more Thanks for your time ,Tezza
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  3. 26th September 2011, 08:58 PM #2
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    If the budget is not to restricted you may also wish to look at a geared head mill,and the next side up in lathes.

    The reasons being that changing belts can become tiresome,although for most you will probably only require a few changes.oneof the benefits of the geared type is there will be no slipping of belts under cutting conditions,maybe even the ability to take a heavier cut than a belt drive.

    With the lathe you will get a longer distance between centres,screw cutting gearbox,stand,although the next size up lathe is nearlly $1000 more.

    Seeing you know what you will be doing on the machines you have more than likely allready sorted the limitations.
  4. 26th September 2011, 09:00 PM #3
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    Hi and welcome
    These 2 recent threads might help out a bit
    https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/la...please-137003/

    https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/bu...achine-141080/

    Dave
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