Warco 1100B

[dannykaye]

Anyone know what this lathe is like?

 

[Blister]

They are like this one on Ebay :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warco-variable-sp ... 19bb0e2a56


Just up the road from you 8) :wink:

 

[dannykaye]

but are they any good, I just missed the nova 3000 on ebay and this is so close to home I might bid but I don't know the make

on paper they look ok...

 

[Blister]

Not owned on myself , but it is 1.5HP , and looks to be made of cast iron , Not a fan of lever are speed change , It opens and closes 2 pulleys and a belt to change speeds


This is the Warco web site

http://www.warco.co.uk/1100B-Wood-Lathe ... Warco.aspx

 

[dannykaye]

thanks, I was assuming that it was some form of electronic control, it like a Daf car then

 

[head clansman]

hi

don't let that put you off , so is the axminster m950 , theirs a lot of members here who own them , visually it look very much like the m950 , that all i can say about it. hc

 

[dannykaye]

I'm really torn, I could wait and see if someone posts something better here, budget is around £500 for the lathe...

 

[stevebuk]

if its any help, i have the nova DVRXp, you can come around and have a play on it if you wish, although out of your price range at least you can give the nova a try..
PM if interested ..

 

[dannykaye]

b***r I missed that, sniped at the last 5 seconds

 

[big soft moose]

b***r I missed that, sniped at the last 5 seconds

Imo 330 is too much for that lathe anyway so never mind , there are loads of bargain lathes come up on ebay so you'll get one eventually

like this one for example

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Myford-Mystro-lat ... 3efe878aa2

also just down the road

 

[dannykaye]

thanks for that. The trouble is that I don't know what I want really also I don't know what things are worth. Any idea what I should bid for the myford?

If anyone is selling something interesting please let me know

 

[dannykaye]

if its any help, i have the nova DVRXp, you can come around and have a play on it if you wish, although out of your price range at least you can give the nova a try..
PM if interested ..

Thanks, PM sent but not sure if it went...

 

[Bodrighy]

. Any idea what I should bid for the myford?

w

Nothing IMHO. They seem to go for a lot of money but are really limited machines in all sorts of ways. Not much over the bed, underpowered, limited speeds etc etc etc. If you can be patient I'd wait and keep looking as there are some real bargains to be had.

Pete

 

[big soft moose]

thanks for that. The trouble is that I don't know what I want really also I don't know what things are worth. Any idea what I should bid for the myford?

If anyone is selling something interesting please let me know

i'd say a maximum of 250 - like bod says there are limitations with these machines but imo they only become apparent if you are wanting to turn big or out of balance pieces, and bear in mind that with that deal you are also getting chisels and wood which you would otherwise have to budget for seperately ( I assume you are starting the hobby rather than upgrading)

btw according to his signature devon woody has a perform ccbl for sale - thats basically like an axminster 900 (swivel head, reeves drive, 0.5HP) , i dont know how much hes asking but i sold my 900 to olly for 75 notes last year. - course DW is in devon but it wouldnt cost that mucvh to have it shipped up to you by courier

there are also several graduates on ebay - but these are starting at 525 notes and may well be three phase , meaning you'd have to also budget for an inverter

 

[Blister]

This one on Egay is good value

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Woodturning-Woodw ... 2eac363974

and you have £300 left over for a chuck and some tools :wink:

 

[big soft moose]

personally i'd disagree - its a good enough little lathe but i reckon you'd outgrow it pretty quickly (hence the number of these that come up on the bay)

if you are going for a record i'd suggest a Cl2, CL3 or CL4 if you can get a good deal

like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RECORD-Wood-Turni ... 35a84e5e9c

 

[Blister]

personally i'd disagree - its a good enough little lathe but i reckon you'd outgrow it pretty quickly (hence the number of these that come up on the bay)

if you are going for a record i'd suggest a Cl2, CL3 or CL4 if you can get a good deal

like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RECORD-Wood-Turni ... 35a84e5e9c

Huumm

I find it strange that you would recommend a Myford Mystro over the record , with a swivel head and a outside tool rest , complete with a new metal Record stand , for a but it now of £200 and have £300 over for the extras required like chuck tolls etc , NO messing with bids and being sniped at the last minute ,

But each to their own , I know what one I would rather have :wink:

 

[dannykaye]

I have a midi fox at the moment. I originally wanted a lathe mainly for spindle stuff, handles, pens, knobs etc. After watching the forum for a while I am getting a yen to turn some hollow stuff but I have never done anything like that.

I am a bit shy of modern Record after some comments here. I have done a fair amount of metal turning but am painfully aware that things for wood work differently, I also like quiet running tools...

So the requirement here is to upgrade to something that will last a long time. Very tempted by the Axminster 950 type of thing but really liked a nova that I saw a long time ago and I suspect that variable speed is a good thing. The main thing is versatality, for example the other week I was making ear plugs for my students so I need to go fairly small and low vibration is useful

as usual, thanks for all the help

 

[big soft moose]

personally i'd disagree - its a good enough little lathe but i reckon you'd outgrow it pretty quickly (hence the number of these that come up on the bay)

if you are going for a record i'd suggest a Cl2, CL3 or CL4 if you can get a good deal

like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RECORD-Wood-Turni ... 35a84e5e9c

Huumm

I find it strange that you would recommend a Myford Mystro over the record , with a swivel head and a outside tool rest , complete with a new metal Record stand , for a but it now of £200 and have £300 over for the extras required like chuck tolls etc , NO messing with bids and being sniped at the last minute ,

But each to their own , I know what one I would rather have :wink:

I wouldnt recomend a mystro over a decent record like the cl 3 or 4 , but that dml is a beginers lathe, the mystro has its limitations certainly but at least it has variable speed and a reasonable ammount of power.

plus the mystro deal includes tools etc and is just down the road from danny.

 

[big soft moose]

So the requirement here is to upgrade to something that will last a long time.

in that case you could do worse than a big lump of cast iron like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNION-GRADUATE-BO ... 5886f9d9d9

its three phase but inverter kits are available which will also give you full variable speed. (that said you'd be lucky to get this and the inverter inside your budget)

not great on the versatitlity front, but then the footprint is quite small so you could keeop your baby lathe for doing small work