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If you don't mind having to spend some time on cleaning and oiling, it can often be worth it to get an old lathe from an industrial auction; often you can find
by skykooler 4y ago
If you don't mind having to spend some time on cleaning and oiling, it can often be worth it to get an old lathe from an industrial auction; often you can find them for a few hundred dollars.
- jacquesm 4y agoThat is an excellent way. Also, ask around if anybody is giving up their machining hobby.
- twothamendment 4y agoGiving up machining? For all the machinists I know I think that is called dying.
- jacquesm 4y agoYes, pretty much. But even machinists age and some of them move into managed facilities and then they have to leave their gear behind. It is super sad when it happens. And of course they really die as well... I know a fairly large number of hobby machinists and some of them are quite advanced in age. They still turn out quality work, doing stuff that they love. But you can tell that in some of these cases the writing is on the wall and they'll stretch it as long as they can.