Thread: Nice little bowl lathe

That is a lathe and a half. What's that I hear? Is it the sound of feathers being ruffled?

Cheers

what a MONSTER a great pen lathe if ever i saw one

What a lovely toy that would make.

Phooey. My S1000, now Peter's, could take 1100mm diameter, speed range 0-c.3000, work both sides of a bowl given the aux bed and 2nd banjo etc etc. ;-}

...so there

Seems underpowered and too high minimum speed for that size lathe, tool rests too large (50 mm dia.), etc. But what do I know?

Originally Posted by Texian

Seems underpowered and too high minimum speed for that size lathe, tool rests too large (50 mm dia.), etc. But what do I know?

Enough not to be sucked in!!

Actually the min speed wouldn't bother me if the frame were solid and bolted down.

And 2 real HP with VM electronics would be a plus.

I can't quite make sense out of the free stand .... tailstock mount or tool rest?

Nearly as good as Robbos Bowl Lathe.

Nearly, not quite.

Whats is scrap metal worth at the moment - $260 ton by 750 kg = $ 195 not sure where they get $4000 buy it now

Good try big shed but really look at it

Thats the shyte they used before STUBBY was invented.

hummm and its only 5 minutes from my brothers place .

All that nice weight and big 50mm spindle necked down to 1inch X 10 tpi????

I wonder how long a 100 kg out of balance stump would stay on the the spindle.

South Bend 10L face plates with a 2 1/4 inch X 8 tpi are common as dirt on this side of the pond.

1 1/2 X 8 and 33mm X 3.5 mm thread pitch are fairly common.

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Nearly, not quite.

I agree with that.

100plus kgs out of balance ,at lowest revs id like to see that from a distance