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18th October 2002, 03:48 PM #1
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Looking for a Lathe
Hi Guys,
Greetings from Tweed Heads
Have just found this BB and boy am I enjoying every word. Might take me a while to catch up but we'll get there.
So till I do - the dumb question.
I want a lathe. I done some turning - from school through to the old mans TL1200 in his workshop. As an aside the old bugger is 83 and I'm sick of waiting
Anyway I want to turn outboard, at least 1000 between centres, and it needs to be sturdy. Guess if I had my druthers a Vicmarc VL175 would be nice but a man's not made of money.
I read the post about Bruce Leadbeater and his machines but I couldn't get through to the URL. Can anyone give me a contact point?
I'm open to any advice/ideas and would be pleased to hear if that's okay.
Thanks again for the forum it's great.Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
Winston Churchill
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20th October 2002, 08:59 AM #2
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What's your budget Barnsey, and what kind of turning do you want to do?
Bear in mind that once you've got the lathe, then there's the tools, a chuck and accessory jaws will be hard to resist, sharpening gear, and more!
ErnCheers, Ern
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21st October 2002, 02:49 PM #3
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Thanks for the reply Ern
Yeah - I know but I guess I can go to 2K all up if I need to.
So far it's been salt & pepper mills, platters cutting board and a bit of spindle practice but the idea of bowls and platters and exploring the realms of finding the patterns and grain etc.
Guess thats why I want to be able to turn outboard.
Does that sound reasonable?
JamiePerhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
Winston Churchill
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25th October 2002, 04:55 PM #4
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Well if the arithmetic looks like this
Chuck and acc. jaws $350
Chisels and gouges $300
Sharpening devices $160
that leaves about $1200 for the lathe.
There's a Jet lathe at about this price, the JWL 1236. I don't know about the quality. You could do a search on Google for newsgroup postings about it.
I went from the little MC900 to a Vicmarc 175 but that's outside of your range. Unless you've got a lot of patience and can wait for something good secondhand.
You might consider the MC1100. It's good value for money and will bring a lot of fun.
Cheers,
ErnCheers, Ern
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26th October 2002, 03:46 AM #5
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I have recently purchased a Carba-Tec lathe under there own brand (probably Chinese) and was suprised how good it is.
It's a heavy cast iron construction with it's own stand, and suprisingly very little vibration. The headstock rotate's 360 deg so outboard turning is easy. The advertised cost is about $450 but I got mine for $410 because I went to the showroom.
I also bought a Vicmarc Chuck (the larger one at $310) and a set of Chinese turning chisels and gouges because of lack of funds and found them to be very good for the price of $130 in a wooden box.
So for less than a thousand dollars had a basic setup. Since then I have bought a few Robert Sorby tools for about $250 and were surprised again that the Chinese set were comparable in quality and HSS.
Hope this helps
Roger
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