Hey Glenn,
Thanks for the detailed reply. Travelling again, this time to Durban by the sea. Visit my Mom and come home with a lathe. My choice for a new lathe is limited to one dealer basically and I am sorely tempted to buy a lathe/mill combo machine, taking off the milling attachment and using it for something else. I like that the cross slide is a T slotted table. The only disadvantage seems to me is the distance between the bed and the centres but the model available here has a very solid looking lathe bed. The lathe in the same price range looks very rough. Screwcutting in both and an extra MT spindle and bearing in one.
I just know I am in for a shock when I look at the prices for machineable steel.
Ant
Thanks for the detailed reply. Travelling again, this time to Durban by the sea. Visit my Mom and come home with a lathe. My choice for a new lathe is limited to one dealer basically and I am sorely tempted to buy a lathe/mill combo machine, taking off the milling attachment and using it for something else. I like that the cross slide is a T slotted table. The only disadvantage seems to me is the distance between the bed and the centres but the model available here has a very solid looking lathe bed. The lathe in the same price range looks very rough. Screwcutting in both and an extra MT spindle and bearing in one.
I just know I am in for a shock when I look at the prices for machineable steel.
Ant
