thanks, My boss uses the general maxi and it chatters without tailstock
too.
He said he is going to look into adding a reverse switch, does anyone
here know if you can do that to the general(he knows lots and lots about
rewinding and electrics and such)
but he doesn't know if the general can have it done.

do you know of anyone who's used a king lathe? I can't find much about
them.
it looks like an exact copy of the general maxi, I'm just wondering
about the quality since its so much cheaper.
and would it have the hollow tailstock as well?
rather useful since I need to be swapping between drill and live center
all the time.
Has anybody here had any experiance with fisch lathes?
I found a very similar fisch one, and all the reviews were good about
the lathe, it looked very well built, but they had very bad reviews for
customer service.
although amazon can only ship to the US of A as usual, which is a pity
considering the price and the fact that they throw in a detail tool set
which is exactly the size I need for work.

on a side note does anyone know if oneway has a jawset with the
triangular shaped reinforcing on the outside of the jaws(like vicmark or
axminster)
I was hoping to find a cheaper one with the outside reinforcing that I
need for work.



sorry for so many questions again, but I've finally got enough to start
getting equiped, and the fact that I can pay for my hobby with my hobby
and have some left over encourages me too.


In article ,
"Ken G." wrote:

Reyd wrote:

The next choice is the next size down of king lathe, this being almost
the same as the general maxi(low speed of 480, no variable speed, 10" by
15")
but I can't find a price for it anywhere.

the general maxi is 449$ for 10"x15"
The general is definetly nice, quite a bit heavier then the delta or jet
at over 100lbs.
its the same as the one at work that is used for finishing, with a low
speed of 480 according to kms and 580 according to house of tools.

the only drawback being no variable speed, no reverse, which is useful
for backing the tap out of the hole.

The General maxi is a very well built lathe, I've been using it for a
couple months on loan from our woodturning club. The only thing I don't
like about it is the very short headstock, only about 3" between
bearings--I get a lot of chatter when turning and hollowing even a small
vessel where the tailstock isn't used. Another minus is that the pulleys
are out on a thin shaft, with no outboard support. But it's got a hollow
tailstock, which is a big selling point. If the King clone is cheaper,
I'd look into it. It looks identical to me.

Looks like that King lathe you mention has a motor integral with the
headstock--if so, they are not easy or cheap to service. With any other
lathe with a seperate motor, you could have an auxilliary motor with
it's own belt for the low speeds you need. It could be a little 1/4 hp
with gear reduction, rigged up on the back side of a lathe--A DC
universal motor with a reverse switch.

P.S.--The little King MegaLathe is listed on sale at $299 CAD ($319
regular price) at Tool Junkie,
http://www.tooljunkie.com/info.asp?r=specials&pid=1621

Ken Grunke
http://www.token.crwoodturner.com/



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