Anyone own one of these Grizzly mini lathes? It's a 7"X12".
This machine comes with a few accessories:
It's on sale now on the Grizzly website for $495 + $79 shipping. I'm looking for a small machine to turn firing pins, sight beads and screws.
I went to Harbor Freight and looked at this one. Same size as the Grizzly.
No accessories and the backlash in all of the hand wheels is horrible. Hard to imagine any kind of accuracy with this thing. They want $599 for it.
I'm wondering if the Grizzly has the same backlash issue as the one from Harbor Freight? It appears that both are made in the same factory with only cosmetic differences. I found
this comparison from littlemachineshop.com and it does a good job of listing most of the mini lathes side by side.
Hank
