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Paul39
23rd July 2012, 10:39 AM
lathe - Sidney D. Gamble Photographs - Duke Libraries (http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gamble?keyword=lathe)

hughie
23rd July 2012, 11:02 AM
:no: that what I call labour intensive, not for this little black duck I 'm afraid.

Still a facinating look of how things were done back when.... hard labour old school style

turnerted
23rd July 2012, 05:31 PM
Turning does not seem to be very big in China . In three trips there I can't recall seeing any, although heaps of carving.
Ted

cookie48
24th July 2012, 09:25 PM
Noticed that the quality in their lathes has not changed.

RETIRED
24th July 2012, 09:43 PM
:roflmao:

Paul39
25th July 2012, 01:58 AM
Noticed that the quality in their lathes has not changed.

If you are willing to pay a bit more you can get a better lathe:

LATHE MACHINE, LATHE MACHINE Catalog - China LATHE MACHINE manufacturers (http://czjyjc.en.made-in-china.com/product-group/JowxRfsGumca/LATHE-MACHINE-catalog-1.html)

Not wood lathes, but you may get the idea.

There are some really cheap bad wood lathes made in China. What can you buy new, made in AU or NZ for the same money?

I got started down the garden path with a 7 X 12 inch Chinese metal lathe that I bought in a pawn shop for $150. It would hold + - .005 on metal. I made a few small things of wood on it and then moved to a 12 in. Delta, then 350mm Hegner, then 20 inch short bed Woodfast.