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Is this a good deal?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:33 am
by LarryG
New to this forum. I have been shaping on a sanding arbor hooked up to a drill in a vice.
I wanted to know if this is a good deal for a lathe:
http://tallahassee.craigslist.org/tls/2142499531.html
Thanks all.
Re: Is this a good deal?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:47 pm
by KurtHuhn
Well, that lathe isn't worth $350, that's for sure. If, after close inspection, I could determine that it was in working order and had a sane spindle thread size, I'd make an offer of $150 or so. Since I'm all tooled up for wood lathe work, and don't have to buy anything additional (well, maybe a chuck), I might go as high as $225 since it has a nice workbench as part of the package, but that lathe would have to be in really nice condition.
Re: Is this a good deal?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:12 pm
by LarryG
Thanks Kurt!
Re: Is this a good deal?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:08 pm
by taharris
You can get a Jet Mini lathe for nearly the same money.
I don't think that lathe is even worth a call back.