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Zebra13

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Gents,

Found this on Craigslist. I've never run one, but I've heard nothing but good about Webb's...especially the older ones. This one was built in 81 and looks factory new.

Not ideal for gunsmithing, but if somebody is in need of a good machine for their shop...

$7500, which seems a good deal. Something comparable being built today would probably be well North of $20,000.

Justin

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tls/6078102172.html
 
lathe

If that was not so far away, I'd own that lathe. Those are top notch lathes. Solid as Mount Rushmore. And accurate.
 
jackie schmidt said:
We have one of those, in 23x79.

http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19319&stc=1&d=1491853882

When Mori Seiki ceased manufacturing manual machines, Webb, (actually Hwacheon), bought the rights to manufacture their design. Much in the same way Kingston did with Mazak

These are top quality Engine Lathes, manufactured in South Korea.

That is a tad big for general ginsmithing work.
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Jackie and TRA,

Are the Hwacheon-Webbs built to the same standards as the Mori Seiki's? I've ran a Mori and they are a nice machine. My buddy has got two Mori's in his shop and swears up and down by them.

Justin
 
Zebra13 said:
Jackie and TRA,

Are the Hwacheon-Webbs built to the same standards as the Mori Seiki's? I've ran a Mori and they are a nice machine. My buddy has got two Mori's in his shop and swears up and down by them.

Justin
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The one we have is a very nice Lathe.

The main difference you will see as opposed to a real Mori Seiki is the finish on the castings and non criticle Structures. Everything else seems to be manufactured to the standards that Mori made famous.

We use ours in a single purpose role, maching large bronze and nonmetallic bushings, such as these from SXL Thordon.

http://benchrest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19326&stc=1&d=1491923599
 

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Jackie

When these bushings arrive is it assumed you will be machining both the od and the id?

What kind of tolerances are you looking at?

Of hand it looks like a soft material and would be easy to machine.

Really appreciate your machine shop pics.

Mort
 
dmort said:
Jackie

When these bushings arrive is it assumed you will be machining both the od and the id?

What kind of tolerances are you looking at?

Of hand it looks like a soft material and would be easy to machine.

Really appreciate your machine shop pics.

Mort
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The material generally comes in 48 inch lengths. We cut them 1 1/2 inch longer than the finished length. The piece is then chucked up and Counterbore is cut in one end about 1/2 inch deep to fit a metal plate that is tapped in with a few thousandths interference.

You then turn it around and chuck on that end. The plate allows you to chuck on the bushing tight without distorting it. You then bore the ID, turn the OD, and part it off to length.

That is how you make a bushing without any distortion from chucking.

The tolerances are in thousandths. Most bushings like me this are installed by freezing in liquid nitrogen. You actually have a formula you Machine it too, that gives the proper installed tightness and running clearance in the ID.
 
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I have both a Mori MS850 and Hwacheon HL460 side by side and I would have a tough time choosing between the two, like Jackie said the fit and finish on the Mori is a little bit better. One thing the Hwacheon doesn't have which is a great feature in my opinion is the oil bath for the crossfeed screw.
 
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