Wow, thanks, that is a REAL good site! I see I will be doing my after dinner
reading there.

Harry
"Keith Marshall" wrote in message
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Check out this site before you buy:

http://www.mini-lathe.com/

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"


"Harry" wrote in message
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I am going to buy a small lathe for fabricating some R/C parts. This is
my
first lathe purchase. I am considering the Central Machinery Precision 7
x
10 mini-lathe. I stopped and looked at one at the local H.F. store and
it
seemed, well, just okay....for the price($400), I think it will do what
I
want. I then spotted the next model up- a geared head 9 x 20 for $600.
What
is the groups opinion of these machines? Would I be better off to spend
about a grand($1000)? Originally I was going to buy a 3-n-1 but decided
that
I would be better off buying separate machines(lathe,milling machine
etc).
I
am on a budget(aren't we all?) and am willing to trade long term
reliability
for a cash savings now. I am only going to be making parts for myself
and
a
couple buddies. Any advice will greatly appreciated!