44-77 Sharps paper patched load

[Nuclearcricket]

Not a bad looking set up. I think that is the first one I have seen that is that big, most that I have seen of the lathe/mill combos have been bench size. I also understand holding off on spending, we are a lot alike in that respect I guess. The lathe I have is just a little 7X14 from MicroMark. Its nice in that it had english lead screws in it. It does have its faults but for what I do with it I am able to pretty much work around them.
I try to not work on anything over 3" in diameter and try to not do anything too long. Other than that it does a fine job on the things I have used it to make. Mostly I make replacement scope caps for external scopes. but have made some parts for old luber/sizers and things like that. One thing that is nice is that its a change gear lathe and I can get the combination to cut all kinds of strange pitch threads. Most of the scope caps are 48 tpi, some are 42. I just did a job where I cut about a 10-38 thumb screw for an old lyman luber/sizer.
At this point I can honestly say that I have made enough money wiht that little lathe to pay for the lathe, accessories, upgraded and a few bottles of good bourbon.
I just can't bitch at that.
Sam