I started with the 34706 lathe and will never regret it. I paid $199 for
it, turned on it for a year and a half and sold it for $185 in November to
get a larger capacity lathe. It is a good lathe--accurate, powerful enough,
variable speed and an excellent starter. I added a shelf to mine with 200
lbs of sand and that made it very stable as well. The tools are also pretty
good--I've seen the same starter set for $60-80, and it is worth the $35.
Benjamin's Best tools are also very good and inexpensive. You can find them
at Penn State Industries.

Woody


"Roy" wrote in message
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They have the above lathe on sale at the retail stores in this area
now for 199.99 and the 47066 lathe chisel set for 36.99.

I would be new to wood turning if I got these.

Would they be suitable for a beginner to see if I would even like
woodturning? I know they are not the best and many have a total
dislike for Harbor Freight tools. I have found for me many of their
tools are just fine, some are useless.

Now if they would come out with a 10%, 20% or bigger coupon this would
look even better.

I see people on EBAY selling Harbor Freight coupons. I emailed HF
about those and why I did not get them, I am on their email and snail
mail lists, and got a mealymouth useless answer as I expected telling
me no useful information.

Any comments on any of this is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Add 400 after roy in the email to send me email.

Roy