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Hi everybody,
I'm getting ready to buy a starter lathe for myself. I was into
turning in highschool and I'm ready to get back into it.
I was just about to buy a Grizzly lathe and chuck when I received an
email from WoodCraft offering a oneday only 15% off on almost any
thing in the store!

So should I get the Rikon lathe and Pinnacle chuck from Woodcraft for
288.98 + tax or should I go for the Grizzly G0624 lathe and chuck for
$324.00 + tax.

-TH

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0624
http://www.grizzly.com/products/h6266

http://woodcraftnews.com/t.aspx?S=1&...ode%3d07IN02RL
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=20042
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5508

Lathe Choices
 

On Feb 15, 10:25 am, THumphr wrote:
Hi everybody,
I'm getting ready to buy a starter lathe for myself. I was into
turning in highschool and I'm ready to get back into it.
I was just about to buy a Grizzly lathe and chuck when I received an
email from WoodCraft offering a oneday only 15% off on almost any
thing in the store!

So should I get the Rikon lathe and Pinnacle chuck from Woodcraft for
288.98 + tax or should I go for the Grizzly G0624 lathe and chuck for
$324.00 + tax.

-TH

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G062...products/h6266

http://woodcraftnews.com/t.aspx?S=1&...?familyid=5508


I don't have experience with either of the lathes you mention,
however, Grizzley stuff is generally good for the price. The Grizley
chuck is the Chinese copy of a Vicmarc chuck. If the Chinese did a
good job of copying, it should be an excellent chuck. I would tend to
go with the Grizley.

Fred Holder
http://www.fholder.com

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Howdy,

I'm new to wood turning

I got a Rikon mini a few months ago and have been turning pen & pencil
sets on it. I like it just fine. I don't remember Grizzly having that
lathe (G0624) when I got mine.

They look close to the same except for 1) the turning diameter over the
bed and tool rest and 2) the 12 position indexer (IMO,the indexing pin
could be stronger).

Jack

THumphr wrote:
Hi everybody,
I'm getting ready to buy a starter lathe for myself. I was into
turning in highschool and I'm ready to get back into it.
I was just about to buy a Grizzly lathe and chuck when I received an
email from WoodCraft offering a oneday only 15% off on almost any
thing in the store!

So should I get the Rikon lathe and Pinnacle chuck from Woodcraft for
288.98 + tax or should I go for the Grizzly G0624 lathe and chuck for
$324.00 + tax.

-TH

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0624
http://www.grizzly.com/products/h6266

http://woodcraftnews.com/t.aspx?S=1&...ode%3d07IN02RL
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=20042
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5508

Lathe Choices
 

Rikon makes a good lathe. Several extra features over the Jet and
Delta. I recommend them to my students when I teach woodturning
classes because the cost is reasonable and the quality seems solid.
Everything is standard on them in terms of sizes, so almost any
accessory that works with the Jet or Delta works with the Rikon.

THumphr wrote:
Hi everybody,
I'm getting ready to buy a starter lathe for myself. I was into
turning in highschool and I'm ready to get back into it.
I was just about to buy a Grizzly lathe and chuck when I received an
email from WoodCraft offering a oneday only 15% off on almost any
thing in the store!

So should I get the Rikon lathe and Pinnacle chuck from Woodcraft for
288.98 + tax or should I go for the Grizzly G0624 lathe and chuck for
$324.00 + tax.

-TH

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0624
http://www.grizzly.com/products/h6266

http://woodcraftnews.com/t.aspx?S=1&...ode%3d07IN02RL
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=20042
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5508

Lathe Choices
 

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:25:35 -0600, THumphr
wrote:


Hi everybody,
I'm getting ready to buy a starter lathe for myself. I was into
turning in highschool and I'm ready to get back into it.
I was just about to buy a Grizzly lathe and chuck when I received an
email from WoodCraft offering a oneday only 15% off on almost any
thing in the store!

So should I get the Rikon lathe and Pinnacle chuck from Woodcraft for
288.98 + tax or should I go for the Grizzly G0624 lathe and chuck for
$324.00 + tax.

-TH

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0624
http://www.grizzly.com/products/h6266

http://woodcraftnews.com/t.aspx?S=1&...ode%3d07IN02RL
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=20042
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5508

I've been looking at the offerings in the Midi/Mini range myself.
While I have a number of Grizzly tools that I am quite happy with
(table saw, jointer, drill press, dust collector) I have seen a lot of
negative feedback regarding their lathes, so I would not purchase one
of these without seeing one. Grizzly does offer a service where they
will provide contact info from customers in the area that have
purchased that model.

I have seen a couple of published reviews of the Rikon that it is a
Cadillac for a Chevrolet price. I suspect the Grizzly may be a
Chevrolet, or maybe not even that, at a Chevrolet price.

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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:25:35 -0600, THumphr
wrote:

Hi everybody,
I'm getting ready to buy a starter lathe for myself. I was into
turning in highschool and I'm ready to get back into it.
I was just about to buy a Grizzly lathe and chuck when I received an
email from WoodCraft offering a oneday only 15% off on almost any
thing in the store!

So should I get the Rikon lathe and Pinnacle chuck from Woodcraft for
288.98 + tax or should I go for the Grizzly G0624 lathe and chuck for
$324.00 + tax.


The October issue of Wood Magazine has a couple of articles concerning
the Rikon lathe. I highly recommend you pick up a copy and read it, but
to sum it up a bit, the Rikon is a lot of lathe for the money. One of
the articles ,however, points out that it is not just the lathe that you
need to be concerned with purchasing. The lathe purchase leads to many
other 'needs' not the least of which is lathe tools, and a sharpening
system. Everyone knows how expensive both of these items alone can be.
This article explains how one could purchase the lathe and all of the
necessities for under $600, and still get solid, useful items. Again, I
highly recommend this article for any beginners.

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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:59:23 GMT, Alan Van Art wrote:

The October issue of Wood Magazine has a couple of articles concerning
the Rikon lathe. I highly recommend you pick up a copy and read it, but
to sum it up a bit, the Rikon is a lot of lathe for the money. One of
the articles ,however, points out that it is not just the lathe that you
need to be concerned with purchasing. The lathe purchase leads to many
other 'needs' not the least of which is lathe tools, and a sharpening
system. Everyone knows how expensive both of these items alone can be.
This article explains how one could purchase the lathe and all of the
necessities for under $600, and still get solid, useful items. Again, I
highly recommend this article for any beginners.

Good point!

I was just explaining the "addiction" to a friend that's been learning in my
shop..

Sure, the Jet mini is a great deal for $250 or so, and you can get a starter set
of chisels for maybe $60...

Of course, that won't have bowl gouges, scrapers, the beading tools that he has
been using, etc, etc...

He likes my Talon chuck, which is another $200....
He also has been learning with a Sorby stub center, a good quality live center
with magnetic changeable tips, etc...

I would guess that before I got the larger lathe, I'd already spent more than 3
or 4 times the price of the mini on "add-ons"..


mac

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