A little context.
I start the SDI gunsmithing course this month, and while diving down the youtube rabbit hole I started watching the Ultimate Reloader channel. Which led to his machining videos.
So my question for the machinists out there: Which do you think I should buy first to start learning skills, a lathe or a mill? Not necessarily which would be better for gunsmithing, but just machining in general. Just to start learning basic skills at the hobbyist level. I have no personal experience with either, other than high school shop over 20 years ago.
I was thinking the mill first, since I will have to mill out a receiver blank for the program in the next few months. But that could also be done with a cheap drill press. So not really a necessity to get the mill first. Also, getting the lathe first would allow me to make things for the mill when needed.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I start the SDI gunsmithing course this month, and while diving down the youtube rabbit hole I started watching the Ultimate Reloader channel. Which led to his machining videos.
So my question for the machinists out there: Which do you think I should buy first to start learning skills, a lathe or a mill? Not necessarily which would be better for gunsmithing, but just machining in general. Just to start learning basic skills at the hobbyist level. I have no personal experience with either, other than high school shop over 20 years ago.
I was thinking the mill first, since I will have to mill out a receiver blank for the program in the next few months. But that could also be done with a cheap drill press. So not really a necessity to get the mill first. Also, getting the lathe first would allow me to make things for the mill when needed.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.