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  1. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    Lots of good questions. I’m fortunate enough to be able to put this into my jobs shop so I’m fairly unrestrained, but I would like to move it into a garage shop when I get a house hopefully later this year. So for now room isn’t much of an issue, I have access to 20th cranes/5ton forklifts and a...
  2. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    The rigidity and smoothness of heavier machines is one of the things that pushes me to go with a 12x36 and tempts me to go even bigger, cost and space brings me back to earth though lol. I’m curious what pushed you to buy new lathes each time? Knowing the problems that made a machine...
  3. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    I just did the same while ordering some fixture tables for work, thought I went pretty big then the next day called back and went bigger. Yup, fully expecting to crash it, just hope I can keep the damage to tooling and not machine parts but that’s how I learn.
  4. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    That’s been exactly my logic so far. There is so much to learn and so many ways to screw up when chasing zeros I’m not keen on having a bunch of unknown variables to track down instead of working on the operator problem. Glad to hear you’re happy with your purchase, seems like we’re on the...
  5. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    Thanks, I think getting my hands on a bigger King lathe would help a lot. I know their bigger stuff and the industrial brand stuff is supposed to be better but spending 6-7k on something I haven’t seen and can’t return makes me uneasy. Coast has a JFMT JC 6232 that looks a lot more robust and...
  6. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    Lol blood is in the water eh? I haven’t been out to Lenmark yet but I’ve browsed their site, is it worth a trip out?
  7. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I noticed and am counting on it YotaBota! I finally signed up to see if anyone would talk me out of buying a new King 12x36, or in to a bigger used machine. I have seen mixed reviews on the quality of King stuff and while I can't see a 12X36 before I...
  8. DouglasFab

    Hello from Surrey

    Hello all, from Surrey. I'm a welder/fabricator from the lower mainland doing mostly structural steel looking to get into machining. Been lurking on the site for a while, trying to decide which lathe to buy. I figured it's time to sign up since I always end up back here anytime I browse...
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