(Part 2) Best power wood lathes according to redditors
We found 60 Reddit comments discussing the best power wood lathes. We ranked the 30 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
That is a good lathe. Jet owned the mini lathe market for many years, and this model was the reason. That being said it is older.
Downside, manual belt changes and only a 10" swing.
For $350 you could almost buy a new Rikon
I think $250 would be my highest offer on that lathe. Just a personal opinion
Buy a swanson speed square that comes with a little blue booklet, will give you all the info you need for whatever pitch you want the roof to be.
Example; https://www.amazon.com/Swanson-Tool-P0110-Instructions-Stairway/dp/B0001LVC6Y/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=swanson+speed+square&qid=1558457159&s=gateway&sr=8-17
PDF; https://s3.amazonaws.com/e.awslibrary73/swanson%20speed%20square%20blue%20book.pdf
It's just a cheap woodburning tool like this one.
Well originally I was going to go with Shop Fox to the tune of 348$ on amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.ca/Shop-Fox-W1752-Mini-Lathe/dp/B001R23TD0
But the "usually ships in 3 to 7 months deterred me. So I went with the one you see now
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B000M64RWO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1422105724&sr=8-1&dpPl=1&dpID=41L1jNoGcEL&ref=plSrch&pi=SY200_QL40
which I managed to snag the last one for 465$ that shipped directly from amazon.ca.
This Woodworking Lathe is a very expensive tool on my wish list, and a very big wish I had it.
Why do I want it? Because the 35 year old lathe I had been using for the first year of my "turning" portion of woodworking has me trying to fix my old lathe more than use it. It is now dead and I havent been able to turn anything since then.
If I never get it?, No I wouldn't be OK, I am constantly trying to find a way to save up for it, but I spent our tax refund to buy a new motor and put it in my wife's car so we have a second vehicle, Last year I had to replace the bandsaw so I paid the good money for a nice 18" Rikon Bandsaw. It is hard making money trying to sell A 1000.00 Solid Walnut Lingerie Chest when nobody see's the value of solid furniture However selling bowls, handles and other things turned on a lathe has been good to us as they typically sell from 40.00 and up, and I can assemble and turn 5 of those a day. But, I am trying, doesn't look good and I am frustrated.
Ok, I am off, I am still wrapping up little things on the car, or we drove it around the block the other day, just gotta do a few small things as I converted it to a JDM version. I will say, I do love our little P5 though. Fun car.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Looks OEM to me, link to Amazon page
http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Power-Turning-Lathe-14x40/dp/B000UCK0W6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412702127&sr=8-2&keywords=wood+turning+lathe
That visually appears to be the same lathe. It gets poor reviews on Amazon. Definitely do your research and find out if what you're getting is worth the money you're going to pay!
if it is this one jet mini then it says it comes with a knock out rod. so i assume there should be a hole in the middle of the handwheel. all the pictures i have seen of that handwheel show a hole in it.
if it isnt that lathe and there is no hole try and take off handwheel.
I think they are going to just the DVR XP motors, they do have more options. But the MSRP is about $700 more. http://www.amazon.com/NOVA-55175-16-Inch-Electronic-Variable/dp/B0064JIVK2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422135329&sr=8-1&keywords=nova+dvr+xp&pebp=1422135450911&peasin=B0064JIVK2