Best Deal on a Sherline Rotary

[jalessi]

Who has the best pricing on a Sherline rotary table?

Thank You

Jeff Alessi
jalessi@aol.com

[Oldboy]

If you can find one on Ebay? Might be your best deal.
I have one. Its small; Not for large parts. And you MUST keep it well oiled or it will rust.
Not to happy on the type of steel sherline used on there products.
And not to happy with Alum X&Y Sherline Mill Table.
So If you think your going to want to Mill larger parts someday?
Invest in a larger table & Mill. I have out grown my Sherline.
Might sell it after I get my Modifide Harbor Frieght X2 Mill to the point it will do all I want it to do. You know CNC 4th Axis ect.

[jalessi]

Thank you for responding so quickly.

For my application I need a very accurate rotary. After looking at several brands the Sherline was the best quality for setting up as cnc rotary for the price and for its size.

I am using this for wax and almost every person that requires a rotary for wax uses the Sherline product.

I understand it may have a shortfall as far as the rust issue is concerned, however I can deal with that.

I dont see many deals for them on eBay so I thought I would ask the fine people on this site!

Thank You again

Jeff Alessi
jalessi@aol.com

[Oldboy]

I purchase mine 7-8 years ago from Sherline. And it still works just fine. Used it on Plastic,Alum,Brass & Steel. Yes its very nice for small parts.
Thats what a Sherline is for. Little Machine Shop.com might have them?
Or just get it from Sherline direct.
But as I said I have out grown my Sherline. And want a CNC with 4th axis that will do larger steel parts.
If all you ever want to do is small light parts. The Sherline with CNC is a good one.

[Harryman]

I read about a high accuracy 4th axis that's better than and more likely more expensive than the Sherline on www.3dcadjewelry.com. I couldn't find the thread that referred to it, you might go there and post.

I've got a Sherline 4th aixs and it's accurate enough for me for jewelry, no backlash I can measure anyway. If you use decent coolant it won't rust, otherwise it will in a hearbeat.

[ViperTX]

I believe the 3dcad site has the fourth-axis.com....don't know if it is better then the Sherline.

[under-dog]

Sherline has a special item discounted every month. So keep your eyes peeled for that as well. Its somewhere on thier website.

[jalessi]

Under Dog,

Thanks for reminding me about that, they have 3 and 4 jaw chucks on sale this month.

Still looking for a deal.

Jeff Alessi

[Harryman]

I believe the 3dcad site has the fourth-axis.com....don't know if it is better then the Sherline.

3dcadjewelry.com a free forum of CAD jewelers, not a commercial site, just to clarify. One of the regulars is the guy who owns Fourth-Axis, it's a nice little unit but designed specifically for Roland mills where you can't fit a Sherline.

There was some discussion a while back on 4th axis units and while pretty much everyone uses Sherlines, somebody posted a link to a company making precision units. Can't find it, my mind is slipping I'm afraid....

As far as other makes there's this one:

http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...ory=1034788869

and I know other suppliers like Wholesale tool sell some imports for @ $100.00

[jalessi]

Harryman,

I am also on the 3Dcadjewelry board,
it is a very good resource and all the guys there are great too!

I found the old thread about the Little Machine Shop Rotary, I emailed one of the guys that has one, since they have several models listed in there catalog.

I have heard horror storys about alot of the $100-$150 dollar import jobs.

You know Fixittt (Robert), he has a cheap harbor frieght or Grizzly and had to put 10 hours into it to make it usable with his CNC mill because of backlash and no internal bearing support.

I will wait for a little more feedback before making a purchase.

Thank you for all the help.

Jeff Alessi
jalessi@aol.com