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I do a good many airgun repairs and I would say any of the 7×12 – 7×14 -7xwhatever will suit you fine. All the Air Arms, Brocock, Daystate – in fact any of the PCP rifle barrels will fit without problem.

And they are big enough to make almost any accessory you want. Get the longest one (Bed wise) that you can though if you want to make shrouds.

graham.

Thanks Oompa Lumpa. Obviously, gunsmithing is not part of my experience to date.

As an aside, perhaps the op – and many other gunsmiths – would like to see the outboard supports.

Hi
The Arceurotrade super X3 should be a contender. The brushless motor is a big improvement and it is near your budget.
Regards.
David.

Uli,

Don't forget to consider the cost of tooling! A 4 jaw chuck for precision work, Dead centres, live centres, steadies (a fixed may be essential for gunsmithing) tool steel (square/round large small) a grinder with appropriate (soft) wheels for grinding HSS (unless your using inserts type tooling, which may or may not actually work effectively it's not like magic, some say it's worse than HSS) shim steel for setting tool height etc. Plus the basic hand tools which you may already have (hand files, honing stone etc) measuring equipment from engineers squares to micrometers, calipers, thread gauges, and don't forget your consumables, lubricating oil, cutting fluid.

So many people will say this online, and until you really know what your doing and will need it may feel like a hollow statement, don't underestimate, I'm sure there might be one or 2 things on that list you don't need, but I bet there are another 10 you do need that I haven't mentioned.

Doom and gloom sorry, it's a great hobby, I'm at the start of the road just like you, and I'll be honest I'm looking at £600 and thinking, that's probably at least a few hundred shy of a what you'll need. It certainly won't buy all the above items unless you land more than a few 2nd hand bargains.

Fortunately it really is extremely rewarding, and the equipment if we'll look after has a tendency to appreciate in value rather than depreciate.

Russ

Edited By Russ B on 19/10/2014 00:16:07

Mustn't post with phone.

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Regards.

David.

SUPER C3

Bear in mind the only really big expenditure are things like lathes and mills. Almost all other items can be obtained relatively inexpensively or over time.

Neil

I am thinking you may be better off with an old Myford for such.

Nick

Some of my best work comes off my Mini-Lathe.

With a Brushless D/C Motor, they're a super little machine.

Martin.

Edited By blowlamp on 19/10/2014 15:06:49

That sound very encouraging

I think the £740 package is good, I saw that the other day, I just happened to be discussing with Amadeal a few months ago the idea of offering a package for newcomers with all the bits included and low and behind a month or so later the "packages" seem to be appearing thick and fast!!

So fast, that perhaps its getting even more confusing now for beginners!! maybe if they could just offer one package, and then say package B "includes this rather than that" and so on…..

There are a number of luxury items but nothing that won't make your life a lot easier, like the quick change tool post at £38 (+£8 for extra holders) – and a very nice £100 odd 9 piece indexable tool set however that does actually give you a very good range of abilities, turning, facing, parting, and I think internal threading, as well as external threading.

Threading internally will be limited to large holes because of the large size of the tool, and since it's pretty easy to tap small holes, I think this is the normal approach.

Amadeal sell most of their mini lathes with the spindles that have 100mm plate integrated for chuck mounting these allow their larger 100mm chucks to be fitted without an adaptor – making full use of the 20mm spindle bore (unlike with an 80mm chuck which restricts it)

Don't forget, youll also need

A centre drill
A drill suitable for the internal thread size (1/2 UNF, so 29/64 imperial or 11.5mm drill bit)
A 1/2 UNF tap
A drill giving suitable clearance for the exit of the bore (.177/.2/.22/.25 etc)

More important than anything, is the proper stripping, cleaning, and reassembly of the machine before first use. The adjustment gibs on all the slides will need setting up properly at the very least.

It's all good fun!