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Mini lathe

Jimjam66

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The only thing with this Jim is you will wish you bought the Axminster AT1416VS within a few months. :bwink:

Jed, I do covet a bigger lathe but as I have almost the same model as the Warco one except even more basic (change belts to change speeds), the only thing I could really do with is variable speed. The axminster version has an optional bed extension so you can do a surprising amount on it. For my money, and given Andy's question (mini lathe) you can't really go wrong for this money.
 

stevenw1963

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Axminster AWSL was my first lathe, can also have an bed extension added later.
Made bowls up to 10 inch diam, pens, vases etc no problem, but, I soon upgraded to make bigger and heavier stuff.
Depends what you want to make.
& it only cost about £180 or so.
 

ataylor

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Thanks for the info guys, Jim that is about right up my street for price but i am a little concerned about the reviews given on it. :thinks:
 
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