Pete J. Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 By the way, I have done a lot of non modeling work on my Sherline. That was not the intention when I bought it, but it has been very useful in doing other things. Example: rather than toss and old fan, I turned a new bushing for the motor and it is good to go!
peteski Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 On 10/23/2016 at 12:24 AM, BigTallDad said: Maybe it's just me, but it seems the majority of the responses deal with precision milling of metal material. The OP also wants to work with styrene. My gut tells me a Sherline might be overkill for styrene. When making scale model parts (either 1:6 or 1:700 scale) precision is a good thing. It is not an overkill for styrene. Like Art I have owned my Sherline since the '80s and have upgraded it multiple times. This 1:160 (N scale) model I built has the headlights turned out of styrene rod (painted with Alclad II brass) while the bell, siren, and the water nozzle (on the running board) are turned out of brass.
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