Ecnerwal wrote:

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"James" wrote:

Hi Group, What's your opinion of this lathe? How does it compare to
a new one? I'm looking at bowl turning and the price is pretty good.
Thanks, Jim

It helps if you provide some specs, since few of us run around with
delta catalog numbers in our heads. That's a 12x38, after going and
looking it up.

In general, it's probably US cast iron rather than Asian, There's
probably more of it since its older (though perhaps not very old, as
the one I can find on-line is a 1983) and is likely a decent lathe -
and if it's not, it can be with some new bearings, belts etc.

You've only got 12" over bed, or you have to go outboard. How much
that's an issue depends on how much you want to make big bowls (and
how carefully your blanks are trimmed). May also require engineering
a lower low speed for outboard, depending what it's set up with for a
drive.

The one I'm looking at has the gap bed which gives it 16" over the gap
and 12" over the bed, 38" between centers, variable speed 340-3200rpm.
It's been setting unused since 1980. Jim

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