Thread: my new lathe

Looks very similar to the first one I had, except it was green. Is your drive centre screwed on as well as the face plate? If so the thread is most likely a metric 16mm.

I took the face plate to a specialist bolt place to check on the exact thread and I was able to get an adapter to fit a chuck from Carrols.

I also had a set of those chisels and you would be best to use the handles for some new unhandled tools as the steel in my chisels I could bend easily.


Peter.

They were fairly common low-end lathe, rebadged as various "brands." I've had a few pass thru my hands.

Dynalink is one that springs to mind.

Personally I think they're best used by throwing away the bed, slapping a large disk to a faceplate and using them as a faceplate sander.

But if you're happy with it, then

(At least now you have a lathe... and once you're hooked you'll be forever on the upgrade path. Mwahahahaha! )

Almost a carboncopy of the one I had in Brasil.

Agree 100% with Mr.Skew.

Welcome to the slippery slope of buying bits for woodturning

You should have fun with the lathe. I agree with Sturdee - get an adapter made up to fit a reasonable chuck and/or faceplates and you will be ok. That lathe doesn't have a morse taper which can be limiting some times but you should be able to work around that.

Beware the chuck that fits that lathe - it is not self centering, and really isn't worth the money, no matter how cheap it is. For not a lot more money you can get something like the Gen3 chuck from Gary Pye which is a much better affair.

Cheers,
Dave