I was looking to get a Precision Matthew’s lathe, but just don’t have the space for it. Good to know these will come handy in the future when I do have the space!
You use both the lathe and the mill to grind tools?
Yes, I still have a couple of Sherline lathes one for small items and one set up for small threading. Also have a long column sherline mill, both can work for small items but then I have larger items for bigger projects. My first PMResarch kit was don on Sherline only.Getting bigger machines down the road doesn't necessarily make the Sherline obsolete.
I now have some larger lathes, and mill but I still often go to the Sherline for small work. Much higher RPM than the larger machines for one thing, quieter, smaller lighter tooling to handle and I have far more tooling for the Sherlines than any of my other machines.
Funny that I forgot about the threading gears - even though I bought one too as a package with the lathe! The thread cutter is still sitting in the box, that may be why I forgot about it.No have a full set of threading gears and the set up for doing it single point. Have made some real small threads with it. If I had the tailstock setup I prob would have sold the smaller Sherline and just keep the long bed one.