Johncs
12th November 2008, 01:29 AM
A lathe isn't high on my list of things to buy, but I was in a local pawnbroker's today and saw a lathe at $80.:o
I know next to nothing about lathes, there's a brace of them in the classroom where I'm attending woodwork class, and I used one once about 1966 (when Yellow Submarine was popular enough that 6PR played it five times in the evening).
That seemed to me extraordinarily cheap, especially as it apparently includes a few chisels.
The lathe is about 150-180 cm long. The end that is supposed to turn does so under hand power.
The chisels are rusty, and the one I looked at had no brand.
The brandname is Elephant. I sort of recall the brand name, but googling for Elephant Lathes is a challenge. Even when elephant and lathe appear in the same article along with woodworking, the elephant seems mostly to have been carved.
Does anyone have a feel for their reputation?
What do I really need to inspect on the lathe? It would be very nice to have a reasonable lathe, but I don't care a lot about the chisels for the moment, good or bad they should work to some extent given an introduction to my grinder.
I know next to nothing about lathes, there's a brace of them in the classroom where I'm attending woodwork class, and I used one once about 1966 (when Yellow Submarine was popular enough that 6PR played it five times in the evening).
That seemed to me extraordinarily cheap, especially as it apparently includes a few chisels.
The lathe is about 150-180 cm long. The end that is supposed to turn does so under hand power.
The chisels are rusty, and the one I looked at had no brand.
The brandname is Elephant. I sort of recall the brand name, but googling for Elephant Lathes is a challenge. Even when elephant and lathe appear in the same article along with woodworking, the elephant seems mostly to have been carved.
Does anyone have a feel for their reputation?
What do I really need to inspect on the lathe? It would be very nice to have a reasonable lathe, but I don't care a lot about the chisels for the moment, good or bad they should work to some extent given an introduction to my grinder.