well, you may get specific advice from some folks in your area, but from my
perspective, neither of these will be suitable for what you want - the
minimum speed is way too fast. You would be much better served by a used
and larger/heavier lathe - even in Canada you could buy a used lathe, a used
3 phase 2 or 3 hp motor and a surplus variable frequency drive and spend
about the same amount of money but have a very much better lathe. I would
suggest that you start looking at "price is no object" lathes, not to buy,
but to understand what features really excite you. And join a turning club
and turn a few things, so you can find out something before you buy. If
you must buy first, I'd suggest starting with a mini-lathe, used if
possible - with the plan to upgrade in a year or two.

a quick review of the specs says that the lathes must be just about the same
thing, by the way, so if you had to choose between the two, choose either on
price, or the vendors reputation for service

"P Nick" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm a pre-newbie as I haven't yet even turned a thing, but I am
definitely looking to get started. There are a couple of 3/4 to 1 HP
lathes I am thinking about here in Nova Scotia and I am wondering if
anyone that might read this has any experience with these lathes.
One is a King Canada model KWL-1443VS.
http://www.kingcanada.com/Products.htm?CD=29&ID=20771

The other is made by Craftex.Model #B2338
http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/picture10?NTITEM=B2338

Any thoughts? I would like to turn bowls/hollow vessels. Varying sizes,
so I was thinking a bigger model like these would be better than one with
a 10" swing and/or a 17" (or less) center.

Thanks to anybody who replies