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Best Small Lathe

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Jimbo

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Hi Guys,
I am going to dispose of my record lathe and would like recomendations for the best small lathe for pen turning.
 
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Easy Jimbo, its got to be a 1216Vs from Ax. Great speed, low vibration, and a really powerful motor for the size if you want to turn anything bigger.

How small is small??

Welcome to the forum!
 
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I have the Axminster 1218Vs. Although it's my first and one and only lathe I think I made a good choice as it performs well and does the job for me; all for under £240.00 It also now comes with a 3 year guarantee.
 
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Thanks a lot lads, these are the size of lathe I was thinking of just was not sure on performance and wanted verification.
 
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I was finding a lot of chatter when turning with the Record even with the new tungsten tip tool so i feel it is not up to it or past it's best.
 
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Jimbo said:
I was finding a lot of chatter when turning with the Record even with the new tungsten tip tool so i feel it is not up to it or past it's best.
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Jimbo just keep the missus out of the shed ..that should get rid of the chatter.:fart:
 
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Jimbo there is nothing on the old record lathes that cant be fixed the DML range you can still get the bearings and they are easy to change the CL 1 and 2 the same the CL 3 and 4 very often the bearings just need to be tightened up and oiled every time it is used if bearings are your problem they are a lot cheaper to sort than buying a new lathe
 
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It is a DML and I think it is the CL3 I am not at home to check, it could well be the bearings I have not checked them in fact I don't know how to.
It is only a chatter problem when using a skew or as I said the tungsten tip tooling especially when roughing also.
 
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