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Looking at a new Lathe.....
AndrewB posted a topic in Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety
So in the last few months purchasing my new band saw and my pressure pot, I've come to the realisation that the HF lathe was going to cause some draw backs to types of projects that I eventually would like to do with a wood lathe. How ever with the most recent covid package passing last night it turns out that it is more than likely coming that I will be getting a new lathe very soon. I was looking at the delta how ever I couldn't find any of the model that you guys have been using. How ever the wen lathe peaked my interest a bit. I've had the old wen lathe of course it worked out quite well as it turned out I bought an older model. Either way the new lathe I'm looking at yes is a wen. Specs 6 amp Motor Work piece sizes 14 inches by 20 inches Variable speeds anywhere from 250 to 3550 RPM REVERSABLE So with these specs in mind yes having a lathe that would be able to spin in reverse will be quite nice. So with the check in coming of course Id have to spend a little bit of my own money with purchasing this but at least a majority of the big costs will be covered. I wont need to buy a bench since I built a nice bench for the harbor freight. I'll just have to modify that bench to fit this lathe. The other bonus on this is I already have the extension for the lathe. I bought that before my old lathe broke down the 12 by 18 inch one. I'm also hoping that this being a newer model will last me a lot longer as well.
