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Thread: Which Lathe
17/12/2009 19:51:28
Great replies so far. Thanks.
Definitely given me some food for thought. Maybe a belt change wouldn't be so bad after all. As I said, it's finding the compromises I can live with, rather than the ones that make me regret my purchase. As a lowly tractor mechanic you will understand that £1200 is a fairly sizeable chunk of money to me!
The Excel and Chester ranges had not made my radar, but I will check them out. Some of the Lower range Excel models do look quite familiar though!
The Warco WM280B also looks quite good. The VF is just a bit out of my range.
I have some books on the way, so a fair bit more research to do before hopefully ordering in January.
One quick question. I see with the Warco range the specs say thread cutting in both metric and imperial but the purchasing options then give a metric machine and a separate imperial machine. Does that mean I would have to get a separate gear set to cut the other range of threads?
Cheers,
Barry.
 
P.S. the reason I  want to be able to cut multi-starts is because I intend to do some fountain pen turning (as well as a lot of other stuff) and most screw on caps have multi starts so one full turn threads/unthreads the cap.
16/12/2009 19:48:32
Hello there,
I am new to this hobby and am looking to buy a lathe. I have a budget of up to £1200 or so to get everything I need to get started turning a variety of things (i.e four jaw chuck, faceplate, steadies, cutting tools etc).
Second hand is not really an option for me as I would likely buy a lemon, so new machines only. The ones I have looked at so far include the Warco WMT300, Warco 918, Warco BV20, Axminster SIEG C4.warco 918 C4
I realise that I can't have everything I want for my budget, and any machine at this price point will be a compromise, but it is finding the compromises I can live with. Ideally I would like both R/h and l/h screw threading in metric and imperial (preferably without changing gear sets), ability to cut multi-start threads, decent accuracy, easy speed changes and ease of maintenance.
 
Are any of the machines I have mentioned decent enough, or does anyone have any better suggestions?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Barry.
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