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Mike, I will be getting the 4400 lathe as well. I didn't really have any question in my head about this one so that's why I was mostly asking about the mill.
Since you bring it up though; any things I should consider for the lathe? I'm really starting to consider not getting a "package" but just buying the lathe and mill and a few accessories that I think are worth it from Sherline but sourcing some better stuff like you said (e,g the drill chuck).
Do you know if there is anything that I should definitely add to my order from Sherline that would be hard to source? For example, I would like to get a 4 jaw independent chuck for the lathe... should I just get this from Sherline or can I do better? My concern is finding tooling that fits the lathe (maybe that's not that hard and I'm just over thinking it).
Also, any opinion on inserted tooling on for the lathe? I have been hearing that, while it can work, it is not superior and you can't really take advantage of it on such a small machine but I have seen many people using it without complaint and getting great results. My attraction to inserted tooling is not having to grind my own tools (which is another space, mess, machine concern for my little work area). I'm not so worried about the cost factor but the usability factor; which would add the most value. Any thoughts?
Thanks a lot for your help with this. I really appreciate it!
Since you bring it up though; any things I should consider for the lathe? I'm really starting to consider not getting a "package" but just buying the lathe and mill and a few accessories that I think are worth it from Sherline but sourcing some better stuff like you said (e,g the drill chuck).
Do you know if there is anything that I should definitely add to my order from Sherline that would be hard to source? For example, I would like to get a 4 jaw independent chuck for the lathe... should I just get this from Sherline or can I do better? My concern is finding tooling that fits the lathe (maybe that's not that hard and I'm just over thinking it).
Also, any opinion on inserted tooling on for the lathe? I have been hearing that, while it can work, it is not superior and you can't really take advantage of it on such a small machine but I have seen many people using it without complaint and getting great results. My attraction to inserted tooling is not having to grind my own tools (which is another space, mess, machine concern for my little work area). I'm not so worried about the cost factor but the usability factor; which would add the most value. Any thoughts?
Thanks a lot for your help with this. I really appreciate it!