Craftsman 101 Metal Lathe Parts

The success and growth of Chester UK has been built upon customer satisfaction. Since the company first started Michael O Hare has promoted the philosophy of quality. Thread Craftsman 1. Bias or Fact Rustn. Pits,Perhaps the simplist way to explain the sentiments of the vast majority on these forums, from Milacron on down, is to draw your attention to the name of this website www. PRACTICALmachinist. Need For Speed Most Wanted Completo Pc. The first word after the internet identifier, is of course PRACTICAL. In no way, shape, form, or wildest stretch of imagination, is a Craftsman lathe PRACTICAL. Craftsman 101 Metal Lathe Parts' title='Craftsman 101 Metal Lathe Parts' />Will a Craftsman lathe make a chip Yup, but that is about all. Personally, I have never run one in all my 3. I have seen them, and have been righteously dismayed by their extremely poor quality. Identical to the newfor1957 12inch Atlas, the final form of the Craftsman 12inch was a considerably modified and improved model. Abandoning the longlived, bed. Download All Files Ftp Directory Vb Net Textbox. Used Automotive Shop Tools, Boring Bars, Sunnen Honing Machines, etc. Milacron, and most of the others here, have a decided taste for the technologically advanced, and the high quality heavy iron. This is fine. On the other hand, many, including the owner of this site, exhibit a sort of disdain for the lighter and older machines. This is fine also. But discussion of machines such as South Bends and Logans are still permitted because these machines were, and still are, PRACTICAL for a given job, and within their capabilities. As an example Regal Beloit, a maker of arbor style milling cutters and end mills, once had a plant in Mitchell, IN just a few short years ago. In that plant, with all their high tech 6 axis Huffman grinders, sat two Logan 8. Why Because they were the berries for center drilling blanks. And they drilled, and drilled, and drilled, till the company blew the plant down. A Craftsman would never stand up to such rigors, but a lowly POS Logan would. You see, this collection of forums is based on industrial machines and equipment, not hobby stuff. Logan, which was decidedly near the bottom in regards to quality, was and probably still is, used in industrial settings. Craftsman, as far as I know, never was, and never will be. Do yourself a favor, and invest in some small antique lathe like another poster suggested. Go ahead and keep the Craftsman if you wish to preserve that part of American history. But if you wish to do some serious gunsmithing, get another lathe.