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So today went well. I took everyone's advice and transported the lathe by trailer. I used a couple of pallets to increase the height of the lathe to be able to "strap it down". The drive went well, I...

You raise a valid point. I am going to call the owner tomorrow and get some more specific measurements of the overall dimensions. I have a feeling it will fit in the back of my 120 series prado with...

Thank you very much for your offer. I did not pay much attention to the stand the lathe was on, but from my glances it seemed to be a bit bellow standard and required some attention. Perhaps I could...

Thank you all for the positive comments and words of wisdom. I was looking in the shed, taking some measurements and it occurred to me that I had another option available which I hadnt thought of. My...

So today I drove to Canberra to have a look at the Herless, first impression was that it was huge compared to my current lathe. Potentially too big. I went ahead and tried my best to give it a good...

Hi Ben,

The C8 and C10 look like good value for money. The upgraded chuck mounting on the C10 and the spindle bore increase to 38mm seem like good features to warrant the upgrade over the C8, for...

I thought the same re camlock, but then I saw this:
http://titanmachinery.com.au/index.php/turning-machines/tl280vfd.html#.VaordqSqqko

I know modifying the standard TS wouldn't be too hard,...

I really appreciate all of your responses. I do not have a desire to "restore" an old lathe. Any second hand one I pick up I would want to be in pretty much 100% working condition. You are probably...

The reason I have not really considered the Sieg C8 (other than cost) is a rather amateur move. I have not seen one in person, and from all the pictures I have seen it looks like a 'bit of a toy'....

Hi Ken,

Thank you very much for your post. I have been looking at the hercus 260, infact (at the risk of everyone bidding on it right now) there is one on Ebay that I am watching....

Thank you for your advice, I have arranged to go have a look at the lathe tomorrow (now I need to do some more research on second hand lathe inspection points, I believe mrpete222 did a video on it...

Thank you for correcting the links.

PDW, I would love to double my budget, I have to be realistic though in what is affordable to me. I am not kidding myself in that I am not expecting a tool room...

Good afternoon everyone,

I have been browsing the forum for a while now and finally decided to join. I was hoping some of you could provide me with some assistance, I know a lot of what I am about...