Buying a lathe

[Adam Bourne]

In the market for a wood turning lathe, budget of around the £300 mark, is this a good budget? Would I be looking to spend a few more penny's? Mainly for hobby work not commercial!

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated:thumbup1:

 

 

Thanks

 

Adam

[Woodworks]

Hi Adam

 

Not exactly a recommend more a review.

I bought this for my father in-law 3-4 years ago Fox F46 719 Professional Wood Lathe - 14" (240 Volt Only) » Product

 

It is a lot of lathe for the money with a big heavy cast stand. The variable speed gearbox is a bit noisy but works OK. The biggest problem with it is the tool rest that has an articulated arm which leaves the rest itself a long way from it's connection to the cast bed so you can get some vibration when working. This can be made to work better with some improvisation but it is defiantly a weak point of this machine this was a few years back so they may have fixed this problem. I wish I had looked more closely at the smaller Axminster machines but no machine is perfect so I may have made the same choice if doing this now.

 

Hope this helps

Edited November 18, 2012 by Woodworks

[Timmy C]

Can't go wrong with one of these: Buy Axminster AWVSL1000 Woodturning Lathe from Axminster, fast delivery for the UK

I had one a few years back, used it every day for two years and sold it still in good working order.

[Adam Bourne]

Thanks guys I'll take a look at both they are also within my budget

 

Thanks

[Ian Leach]

Axminster or jet are good, u can get them both frothy axminster website.

 

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[bob]

Might be worth going if not too far.

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