Thread: Metal lathe.

Originally Posted by th62

Can’t decide between an AL-320 and an SC3, doesn’t anybody else think this is a little strange. A lathe with a 3” chuck or a lathe with a 6” chuck, a lathe with a 180mm SOB or 320mm SOB - 44kgs or 280kgs. I’m a little suspicious.

I would love nothing more then to get the AL-320g or a bigger lathe, maybe the AL-336D? But space is a big thing, I do rhee tea kwon do, I do squash, I do bike ridding along with the rest of my rather large family. I am also a wood worker so I have a band saw an OT lathe on it's way, 3 wood lathes and a hole wall of my single car garage/shed is staked high with wood, my dad is a hoarder of boxes, my mum has a motor bike that needs to go in there, so there is limited space, and to top it off I may be moving soon, that is why I thought a SC3 might be better.

You don't need a lathe, you need a shed!

Originally Posted by Big Shed

You don't need a lathe, you need a shed!

Yeah, I could have gone on but I thought that was far enough, maybe I should have half your shed, your name is big shed so you must have a massive shed.

I bought a seig c3 sized lathe when I was 13 and I really think this is the best option to learn on as you can always buy a bigger lathe later and keep the seig for the small stuff .