On Jul 9, 8:33 am, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
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"dabears525" wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with this tool?
Any good or bad points?
If not this one, any other Craftsman lathes?

There is one listed on Craigslist in my area.

Thanks for any advise

Which model? There are several. If it's one of the ones with metal tubes
for the lathe bed. You can do better. Also see rec.crafts.woodturning
for more info

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The electronically variable speed model has cast iron rails. It takes
a bit of tune-up but is a decent lathe. The tubed kind is OK, but
takes a lot of getting used to. I have a friend who used to turn
cannonball bedposts 6' long on a pair that he had welded together
(tubes). He made some good looking beds, but my guess is if he'd not
had 20 years experience in a woodworking factory, the tool would have
been nearly impossible to master.