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Good luck with selling the Taig so you can move on. When you are ready, give a shout and we'll be here for you.
I was thinking that just about everything I know about machining was taught to me by my Sherline equipment. A lathe is a lathe and a mill is a mill and everything transfers to larger machines. It took a week or so to learn the features of my larger lathe and almost no time at all to use the larger mill. Had it not been for the small size of my Sherline lathe, I may not have invested the time to learn to grind HSS tooling. Had it not been for the small 5400 mill, I might not have learned how best to choose and use milling cutters. There is much to be said for these small machines, especially for hobby guys. The interesting thing is that when I need to hold really tight tolerances on a part that fits my Sherline equipment, I will use that in preference to the larger machines! I have an Emco Super 11 lathe and it is as fine a lathe as I could want but when I need to get that piece really precise I would rather do it on the Sherline. Interesting, eh?
I guess what I'm saying is that should you go with Sherline stuff and later decide to upgrade to larger machines, the knowledge and skills will transfer without any problem.
If we can help in the future, just let us know.
Mike
I was thinking that just about everything I know about machining was taught to me by my Sherline equipment. A lathe is a lathe and a mill is a mill and everything transfers to larger machines. It took a week or so to learn the features of my larger lathe and almost no time at all to use the larger mill. Had it not been for the small size of my Sherline lathe, I may not have invested the time to learn to grind HSS tooling. Had it not been for the small 5400 mill, I might not have learned how best to choose and use milling cutters. There is much to be said for these small machines, especially for hobby guys. The interesting thing is that when I need to hold really tight tolerances on a part that fits my Sherline equipment, I will use that in preference to the larger machines! I have an Emco Super 11 lathe and it is as fine a lathe as I could want but when I need to get that piece really precise I would rather do it on the Sherline. Interesting, eh?
I guess what I'm saying is that should you go with Sherline stuff and later decide to upgrade to larger machines, the knowledge and skills will transfer without any problem.
If we can help in the future, just let us know.
Mike