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Neil

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Store baked cookies with chocolate chips, yup.
Good range of quality ice creams, yup.
Great cheap bars of chocolate for eating whilst watching partners choice of shit TV, yup.
Parkside own brand lathe, traumatic, avoid!
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Garno

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That was my very first lathe cost me £64.99, got a refund of £64.99 a few days later.
It is an awful lathe.
One to be avoided at all costs.
 

Neil

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That was my very first lathe cost me £64.99, got a refund of £64.99 a few days later.
It is an awful lathe.
One to be avoided at all costs.

Even the “demonstrator” photographed appears to have had enough of it and appears to be trying to wreck it rather than use it! Novel stance at the lathe.
 

Dalboy

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Now what could I use that for maybe to turn a 12" bowl :funny: or use as a boat anchor no not heavy enough:funny: Help I am running out of ideas
 
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