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Charnwood lathe @ £69. Any good for a complete beginner ?
blurk99":5rlm65l3 said:Glad to have given it away now that the enormous Fox lathe is shaking the shed to pieces at the weekends
Afterglow":30awf3sl said:I've just bought one of the little Perform lathes from Axminster (recommended in GWW as a starter lathe earlier this year). Priced at £130, with cast iron bed and similar capacities to this one, plus the ability to put a drill chuck and other accessories into the industry standard 2MT taper headstock and tailstocks.
cambournepete":3kv59zfs said:I assume you mean this one: http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=CCSL ?
It certainly looks good.
They also do a floor standing one for £40 more: http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=CCL
They both use 1"x8 threads so any chuck and other bits you get will fit lots of bigger and better lathes.
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