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Offline john pike

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OFF topic Kinda,
« on: November 06, 2005, 10:00:32 AM »
Im looking for opinions on two lathes,

GOD bless my wife, shes giving me an early CHRISTmas present,
she informed me today i can purchase a new lathe, if i sell my small one,

heres my only options, no others.

both from grizzly,,there up the road from me.

12X36--G9249 belt drive lathe
12X36--G1003 gear head lathe

i have these questions from people who know,

is a belt drive better than a gear drive?

im not worried about a stand as ill have to make my own short stand
so i can sit and work,

thanks for any opinions, and if im not supposed to post this here,
sorry, let me know and ill delete it,
but ill be using it to build BIGGER cannons,,,grin.

johnp
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Offline Trigger Mortise

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OFF topic Kinda,
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2005, 10:55:44 AM »
Get the gear-head lathe (with the stand) fiddling with belts becomes tiresome.

As a side note, sitting down behind the lathe is no a good idea. The Chinese lathe you are looking at needs a little tweaking when you get it, little things like handles and such. Also expect the Chinese lathe motor to fail in a year or two, just replace it with decent 1.5 hp motor, that is all the hp you need on a small lathe like that. Hope you enjoy your new toy.
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OFF topic Kinda,
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2005, 12:25:15 PM »
Gears are good.
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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2005, 02:05:40 PM »
Are you sure you want to buy new? As all have said and will say the look good new orientals are ok, need tweeking, you can make do,if I only knew, and so on. If you can go look at a older lathe. I have one built in 1976 a 18 x 84' weighs a lot. We are not sure how much. A truck capable of lifting 10000 lbs lifted it but four of us were on the front bumpper and the front wheels were off the ground. It still cuts true and if you have to' you can take .200-.300 cuts NO sweat.  the best part it cost less than $6000 deliverd. Now I'm not saying their out there dime to dozens all I'm saying is go and look it fun in the first place and how knows you might find a great deal.
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OFF topic Kinda,
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2005, 02:30:22 PM »
Quote from: Trigger Mortise
Get the gear-head lathe (with the stand) fiddling with belts becomes tiresome.

As a side note, sitting down behind the lathe is no a good idea. The Chinese lathe you are looking at needs a little tweaking when you get it, little things like handles and such. Also expect the Chinese lathe motor to fail in a year or two, just replace it with decent 1.5 hp motor, that is all the hp you need on a small lathe like that. Hope you enjoy your new toy.


i have no choice but to sit,  is to dangeous for me to stand,
i tend to fall over.

and ya i know how dangerous it can be.

johnp
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OFF topic Kinda,
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2005, 04:52:35 AM »
A nice angle iron frame (for a lathe stand) would be the way to go if you are required to sit behind the lathe.
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