Need A New Lathe What Would You Suggest?

[jomlt9@AOL.COM]

delta is delta midi pennstate cat is #Del 46-250 299.95 but shop around for best price

[jomlt9@AOL.COM]

sorry price went up old cat 309.95 go to www.Penn State Industries take a look they have Jet , Delta ,and a few others its whats u can afford and how deep in the addiction u are

[Charleston]

FWIW; Penn State Ind. has a Jet clone they sell under their name Turncrafter Pro. It sells for under $200 and is everybit as good as the Jet or Delta. The Vega mini dup will mount in the same manner.

I own the Jet variable speen mini. I have a vega dup on it. My bench is against the wall so I have to remove my dup when I want to turn manually. I have designed some fixtures that can be atached to the dup that will allow you to put it right back where it was so the changeover is very fast! I just need to make them

You can get a real nice lathe with a bed extension etc. for under $300.
Good luck.

[NIB]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=...&Go.x=8&Go.y=7

This is the result of a search on amazon for lathes.

[NIB]

U don't need anything extravagant if this is a hobby.
The delta an jet mini's as stated are a good choice.
If u want a good lathe the grizzly 1495? on page 2 is a good one.or u can go with the full size jet.I would try to stay away from variable speed exta cost not needed.

[Nebe]

I run a Vega on a teeeney weenie fire engine red carbatech.

Im saving for a jet, as the carbatech struggles with hard maple.

I want numbskull's lathe

[nightfighter]

I scored a Shopsmith at a yardsale. Awesome combo machine. Have a jointer with it too. Worth a search in the local want advertiser, especially this time of year.

[Bay Stalker]

Originally Posted by NIB

U don't need anything extravagant if this is a hobby.
The delta an jet mini's as stated are a good choice.
If u want a good lathe the grizzly 1495? on page 2 is a good one.or u can go with the full size jet.I would try to stay away from variable speed exta cost not needed.

I got there catalog they are nice, maybe in the future

[justplugit]

BS if you do a search under Vega Duplicator there are instructions on how to do a rear mounting. I think Mac was the one who posted them.

[MAC]

Originally Posted by NIB

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=...&Go.x=8&Go.y=7

This is the result of a search on amazon for lathes.

I have the Jet 1236 (shown in above link) It works pissa can't beat that price either

[justplugit]

This is a no name lathe. Too old to have a name but still drills true. Use the Jet for turnin.

[reelecstasy]

JPI with a pic of BF hanging in his cave......

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by justplugit

This is a no name lathe. Too old to have a name but still drills true. Use the Jet for turnin.

Your the nuts JPI