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Sherline offers the world's most complete line of tabletop and benchtop precision manual and cnc lathes, cnc milling machines, and machine shop accessories for light industrial and home shop use.

CNC UPDATE! Sherline CNC systems now include the Ubuntu version of Linux and EMC has been upgraded to EMC2.

See the CNC mills page for details on what these new softsware upgrades and additional recent hardware changes mean for you and your shop.

- DC Motor Recall Notice -

Some Hill House DC motors sold prior to July 24, 2009 may have a defect that could cause a short. CLICK HERE for details.


Over 2.3 Million Visitors as of December 1, 2009!

The complete manual machine shop package shown above illustrates some of the machines and accessories that Sherline makes. CNC versions are also available. These are serious tools capable of working with soft materials like wax, wood, plastic, and metals and hard materials like aluminum, brass, steel, stainless steel, and titanium. Designed with rigidity in mind and built to very tight tolerances, these are highly capable machines that are compact in size and offer high value at relatively low cost.

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This website is loaded with information on Sherline tools but is NOT an ordering site. When you are ready to buy, consult our dealer list or purchase factory direct from our secure e-commerce website where you can order tools 24 hours a day using your credit card.

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About Sherline...

Sherline Products Inc. manufactures a complete line of miniature lathes, vertical milling machines, and machining accessories. All products are manufactured in Vista, California, USA. Any machine can be purchased in manual form or as a CNC (computer controlled) system. Older machines can be upgraded to CNC. In addition, Sherline also makes products for other applications such as estimating weight using simple, inexpensive hydraulic scales. We hope you find this site useful enough to return again and again.

Main Menu

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Section 1—Machines, Accessories, and Company Information

Tool & accessory information   How to contact Sherline
Lathe and mill instructions plus related info links   Accessory instruction links, Spare parts list, 3D part drawings
CNC mill and lathe systems, CNC links   Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) software, info and links
Help Sheets—Maintenance, adjustments and tips   Lathe and mill exploded views with part numbers

Photo factory tour

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  What's new?
A list of information  added or changed on this site recently)
Slide Shows on each model lathe and mill   Comments from Sherline Owners

VIDEOS: Sample cuts on various materials

See and hear how a Sherline lathe cuts materials including Delrin, wood, brass, aluminum, leaded steel, hardened steel, cast iron, stainless steel, titanium, and Inconel.              NEW!


Section 2—Prices and Dealers

Prices

Tools, Packages, Accessories and Parts

  Internet Special of the Month
Warranty information  

E-commerce webstore
open 24 hours!

USA and worldwide dealer list

WORLDWIDE DEALERS—Click on flag of country to find a dealer
Argentina  Australia  Austria  Belgium  Brazil  Canada 
  China  Hong Kong  India  Israel  Italy
Malaysia  Korea  Romania  Serbia and Montenegro  South Africa  Singapore 
Sweden  Thailand  United Kingdom  United States

Section 3—Other Sherline Products

SHERLINE Industrial Products Division
Small machine slides and spindles for building up your own custom tooling

  EZ-READ laser engraved handwheel dials for full-size Bridgeport® and similar milling machines

Hydraulic estimating scales

Affordable hanging and trailer tongue scales for safer loading and trailering

  New products
The latest additions to the Sherline product line

Section 4—Items of Interest to Sherline Owners and Machinists

The Joe Martin Foundation's Internet Craftsmanship Museum

Miniature masterpieces by some of the world's best craftsmen

  About the Joe Martin Foundation for Exceptional Craftsmanship

Sources for RAW MATERIALS and small fasteners

Buy small amounts of the materials you need without paying cutting charges.

 

The Sherline WORKSHOP —Projects made by Sherline machinists

and GUNSMITHING Projects

RESOURCES— links to other interesting related web sites  

CNC Projects

Made on Sherline CNC machines

Buying a used Sherline machine

A timeline of changes over the years to help you determine how old a used machine might be

 

TIPS from Sherline machinists

Modifications and accessories others have made to make a particular job easier

Sherline people and a history of the company  

Join an online Sherline user group*

 

*To join the Yahoogroups Sherline discussion group, click on the YahooGroups logo. Enter the words "Sherline" or "Sherline CNC" in the query box and hit "Search". Pick a group and select "Join this group."

Employment opportunities at Sherline   FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about machining with Sherline manual tools
Join a model engineering club   CNC FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about Sherline computer numeric controlled tools
Sherline Video
A selection of video links relating to Sherline tools and instructions
 

Calculators

For figuring helical and other gears, threads and more

Tabletop Machining book

The best book available on miniature  metalworking features Sherline tools

BY JOE MARTIN

 

Terminology

New to machining? Check here for a basic description of what each machine does, what the various parts are called and what they do.

Model Engineering Shows

View photos taken at past model engineering shows.

 

On-line book on starting your own business

BY JOE MARTIN

Download it for FREE!

First time visitor?
CLICK HERE for a quick tour of how the web site is organized.
CLICK HERE for the key points as to why Sherline tools offer great value.

Welcome

to Sherline's on-line Catalog for Machinists and Hobbyists! CLICK HERE for a message from Sherline.

For a guide to understanding Sherline's part numbering system, CLICK HERE.

Machine Specifications

For quick reference, see lathe and mill machine specifications.
You can also view a color
slide show on each machine to see the product close up.

New machinist? 

CLICK HERE for tips on choosing the right mini-lathe or mini-mill for you.
CLICK HERE to learn what jobs a lathe and mill can do and what their various parts are called.

 Order a free color catalog or download a copy now

You may request a 48-page printed color catalog by one of the following methods:

Click HERE, fill out our Request Form, and get one FREE via the U.S. Mail

Call us at 1-760-727-5857 or 1-800-541-0735 and request a catalog be mailed to you.

You may download and print a copy of our catalog in .pdf format. The file is large, so it may be slow to download. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file.

Download our NEW Catalog (8th Editon) - 3.0 MB

DISCLAIMER

Though we try our best to keep every page on the site up to date, things do change from time to time and this site is very large, so we may post an incorrect price or fail to update a number now and then. If you find incorrect information posted here we appreciate notification and we will correct it immediately. This site is as perfect as we can make it, but we will not honor incorrect prices posted in honest error nor can we be responsible for errors in information posted here. If any item is in question, please contact us in person for a final answer.

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