A lathe is a requirement of life( a mill too), even if you don't have a rifle. How else can you make a new handle for your wife's cheese straw press at 1030 on Christmas Eve night. Since you need one anyway, you may as well use it to make cases too.
Mike
Der Ami;
As Spanky would say: "you said a mouth full". I do not know how you can get by in being a gun enthusiast without a metal lathe of some sort. Even the formerly $200.00 Chinese mini lathes which are now about $900.00 fill the bill in doing most work and if you really watch what you are doing you can do accurate work on them, especially for the type of work of the subject of this post. This day and time many good used lathes are about, and you may have to spend an amount equal to or greater than the cost of the lathe for a excellent quality chuck, but it is worth it as long as the lathe bed ways are OK.
Kindest Regards;
Stephen Howell
