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Thread: Does anyone have any experiance with this lathe?
30/10/2011 23:48:52
Thanks heaps to all those who replied. I'm actually looking at another lathe made by Weiss in china it seems tb be pretty good and has a longer bed as suggested by Steve Withnell http://www.weiss.com.cn/products/wm280vf.php Lathejack i'll go and have a look at that site now thanks very much.
28/10/2011 13:34:20
thankyou both for your replies
 
Firstly Ian S C: price wise is pretty variable here in OZ as there are so many vendors selling so many diferent spec machines it's hard to pick. The main thing that has attracted me to this machine is the spindle bore size for this size of lathe (just for the work i envisage for the lathe) i'll contact the seller about the four jaw chuck too thanks for the advice, as far as thread cutting goes,i dont even know how, it's something i'll have to teach myself. (i'm a boilermaker by trade and back in the early 90's when i was an apprentice we had to do several modules of fitting and machining but it was pretty basic) i was planning on putting a 3 Phase motor run off a VFD for speed control so maybe the low speed limitations wouldn't be such an issue as with the supplied gearing.
 
Ady: that's what i was thinking, looks like a good starter, but as mentioned a four jaw chuck would be good (turning eccentrics etc.) Electronics not such an issue as i'll convert it to 3 phase with VFD therefore bypassing those issues? I'm not sure what you mean by mincy compound (still a relative lathe virgin) but i assume you men the compound slide? Also can you buy aftermarket T slotted compound slides? is that for bolting things to for machining? cheers!
 
28/10/2011 08:23:10
G'day all, first post here I'm looking at buying a small lathe to get started with and found this on ebay ebay.com.au lathe I would like a larger Australian or European lathe but my current house has no vehicular access to my shed so anything i buy will have to be carried up a hill on a trolley (not easy with a 500Kg lathe) This lathe seems to be a reasonable compromise as far as capacity goes, 26mm spindle bore etc. as everyone knows equipment manufactured in asia can have quality issues so i was hoping that maybe someone has experiance with this lathe and can advise me if it is worth buying. thanks in advance for any assistance.
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