Lathe Help

[Pittknife]

Hi All,

I've done some research but none of the reviews are really knife specific.

I am in the market for a metal lathe, I have been turning pivots etc on a rotary table and I can't get the quality finish I want.

I will be doing titanium and SS pivots, and pivot collars for flipper knives and was wondering if anyone had a good suggestion for a bench top lathe.

I was looking at the Grizzly G0768 or the G0765. Does anyone have any experience with knife specific parts on these lathes or have a suggestion for another benchtop lathe?

Thanks

 

[mike-E]

i dont have any experience with those lathes, but for small parts like those you will want something you can use collets with.

 

[Kosa_PL]

G0768 should be ok.
It has MT3 mount, then You can use ER32 type collet.

But in my opinion better option is to find a nice used small lathe

Look on what Stan Wilson working