I have been thinking about getting into turning for a fair few years but had never the space or funds until now (and a significant birthday!!) .I haven't done any turning since a bit at school - we were lucky enough to have a couple of old woodturning lathes in the school workshop so we all had the basic lessons.
Finally succumbed and bought a Scheppach DMS 900 so I think that’s a new one for the members lathes thread.
Headstock
Tailstock
As you can see its very similar to Axminsters own M900 and a few other clones. The sub frame was a pain to assemble even with two "engineers" doing it but i guess its the same for other similar lathes. The main bed is fairly good and the tailstock and tool rest have firm clamps that are easy to use. The headstock rotating mechanism is slightly strange .. lets just say Functional rather than user friendly. Variable speed was easy to use and is done on the fly. The under table came pressed with straight sides which didn't fit very well with the A frame ends and required slightly more force in fixing than one would have thought needed with a new piece of equipment from Scheppach.
You just get the basic accessories here - Face plate, 4 prong drive and
revolving centre (can be made hollow) - but enough to get you started.
For my first attempt i turned to an article by Richard Raffins on wooden boxes (Best of fine woodworking - Woodturning basics 2007 p85) and a couple of blocks of Pear from a local wood store.
Finally succumbed and bought a Scheppach DMS 900 so I think that’s a new one for the members lathes thread.
Headstock
Tailstock
As you can see its very similar to Axminsters own M900 and a few other clones. The sub frame was a pain to assemble even with two "engineers" doing it but i guess its the same for other similar lathes. The main bed is fairly good and the tailstock and tool rest have firm clamps that are easy to use. The headstock rotating mechanism is slightly strange .. lets just say Functional rather than user friendly. Variable speed was easy to use and is done on the fly. The under table came pressed with straight sides which didn't fit very well with the A frame ends and required slightly more force in fixing than one would have thought needed with a new piece of equipment from Scheppach.
You just get the basic accessories here - Face plate, 4 prong drive and
revolving centre (can be made hollow) - but enough to get you started.
For my first attempt i turned to an article by Richard Raffins on wooden boxes (Best of fine woodworking - Woodturning basics 2007 p85) and a couple of blocks of Pear from a local wood store.
