HiIm thinking of trying my hand atwood turning, I was thinking ofbuying a cheap lathe first just tosee if I like the hobby. These go for about£100 on ebay... these OK(ish) to start with? the onlyproblem I can see is the bed seems a littleon the feeble side, but that's no problemfor me as im a welder. I was just wonderingif the spindle, bearings, motor etc are reasonable.Many thanksBoB

For £109 you can get a new Jet mini-lathe, the discontinued model before variable speed. MUCH better quality, and resale value. to show what it is, you'll probably find it closer to home--if you do purchase through this link, I would get a tiny commission as an affiliate. It would be my wages for efforts on our AAW chapter website. Pretty sneaky, eh?

Cheap lathes any good?

Feb 04, 2004 21 Replies

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william kossack 22 years ago

good point

so this guy needs to know what is 'cheap' and adequate

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Maxprop 22 years ago

To paraphrase Martha Stewart, "that's a good thing."

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