HappyHammer
17th January 2008, 09:47 PM
Guys,
Having seen my lathe on a recent trip to Australia my Dad has decided to buy one himself. He lives in the UK. He has seen a copy lathe in a store called B&Q which is similar to Bunnings. It's called a Macallister 1000 Copy Lathe and has the following; 550W motor, 1000mm between centres, 175mm swing and variable speed between 500 and 2500 rpm.
I searched on Google for some info. but B&Q don't have it listed on thier website which is useful. I found the post below on a UK turners forum and wondered if you guys had any views on what was said. Is it unusual for lathes to have different size tapers in the head and tail stock for example?
B&Q Lathe COD450CL (sold in the UK, used to be sold as the CLM450CL, only change seems to be that the motor is now uprated from 450 to 550W)
I bought the B&Q COD450CL copy lathe as a cheap intro to turning. £ 149 will let me try turning for three years without any worries about it breaking down (it has a three year warranty)
The manual is crap, it doesn’t even give the spindle thread size.
For information for anybody buying one of these lathes.
From measurement the headstock seems to be a Morse 1 taper (MT1) and the tailstock a Morse 2 taper(MT2).
The spindle is ¾” 16tpi, ¾ UNF.
I was able to buy a dozen ¾ UNF nuts for £ 2.40 at a local supplier (Swiftscrew, Dunmore Ind Estate, Belfast) which will let me make up faceplates cheaply.
I think B&Q are shooting themselves in the foot with their woodworking machinery, they used to stock a Rexxon 6” jointer along with spare knivesand drive belts, now they’ve changed to an own brand jointer and don’t stock any replacement parts. If they had stocked cheap faceplates, screw chucks etc for the lathe then I would have bought them instead of making up my own.
If any of the UK members of this forum have any experience with this lathe I would really appreciate some feedback.
I found an Axminster lathe M900 which looks exactly the same as my MC1100 except a different colour, badge and size. Only thing is it's twice as much at £299 or $750 which seems a bit expensive for a MC900 clone.
Any feedback or advice much appreciated.
HH.
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Having seen my lathe on a recent trip to Australia my Dad has decided to buy one himself. He lives in the UK. He has seen a copy lathe in a store called B&Q which is similar to Bunnings. It's called a Macallister 1000 Copy Lathe and has the following; 550W motor, 1000mm between centres, 175mm swing and variable speed between 500 and 2500 rpm.
I searched on Google for some info. but B&Q don't have it listed on thier website which is useful. I found the post below on a UK turners forum and wondered if you guys had any views on what was said. Is it unusual for lathes to have different size tapers in the head and tail stock for example?
B&Q Lathe COD450CL (sold in the UK, used to be sold as the CLM450CL, only change seems to be that the motor is now uprated from 450 to 550W)
I bought the B&Q COD450CL copy lathe as a cheap intro to turning. £ 149 will let me try turning for three years without any worries about it breaking down (it has a three year warranty)
The manual is crap, it doesn’t even give the spindle thread size.
For information for anybody buying one of these lathes.
From measurement the headstock seems to be a Morse 1 taper (MT1) and the tailstock a Morse 2 taper(MT2).
The spindle is ¾” 16tpi, ¾ UNF.
I was able to buy a dozen ¾ UNF nuts for £ 2.40 at a local supplier (Swiftscrew, Dunmore Ind Estate, Belfast) which will let me make up faceplates cheaply.
I think B&Q are shooting themselves in the foot with their woodworking machinery, they used to stock a Rexxon 6” jointer along with spare knivesand drive belts, now they’ve changed to an own brand jointer and don’t stock any replacement parts. If they had stocked cheap faceplates, screw chucks etc for the lathe then I would have bought them instead of making up my own.
If any of the UK members of this forum have any experience with this lathe I would really appreciate some feedback.
I found an Axminster lathe M900 which looks exactly the same as my MC1100 except a different colour, badge and size. Only thing is it's twice as much at £299 or $750 which seems a bit expensive for a MC900 clone.
Any feedback or advice much appreciated.
HH.
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