Recent content by Grebs

Wow looks really nice! What part of Ohio are you from? I'm in the akron/canton area

No milling attachment unfortunately but I do have a Bridgeport so I'm good there.

Thanks for the input. I'm reassured I've made a good choice in machines Here's a pic of her. only one in my phone and dirty from being used. Still in need of a good 4 jaw and a collet set.

Yep I have one already. It's in great working order as of now. I can't help but to just look at it and smile. Such a neat piece. Would love to fully restore it some day just to do it. I work with cnc machines at my job. mainly lathes and vtls. Decided that this is the only thing I really know...

OMG sorry for that post. I never meant to say terrible people. Auto spell on phones suck. Now I need to remember what I was trying to type and fix it lol A heavy 10 is a small 10 inch swing lathe South Bend made back in the 40s and 50s. Maybe later models as well? They are well known in the...

Hello all. Been lurking around and was looking at what people are using as far as lathes go. It got me wondering.. how do the old heavy 10s stand up against these newer small machines? I see a lot of the newer lathes look OK for Chinese made but it's just pics I'm looking at.

Hey how's it going? I'm just down the road in a small town called Clinton. It's between akron and canton

Hi everyone, A little about me. High school I took machine trades. Now I run cnc vtl and boring mills and lathes (old school fanuc controls) at work making tire molds for over 28 years. Various trade school programs along the way. While I have been in the industry for a long time, it's...