HF 10x18 wood lathe $180

[Ed McDonnell]

I bought a HF 10x18 wood lathe today for $180 ($240 less 25% coupon). I'm going to take it apart and use the parts in another non-turning project, but for $180 it looks like it might be decent for pen making and other small work for someone on a tight budget. Looks like the same lathe that sells for a couple hundred more with different name plates. 25% coupons are good through Sunday.

Just FYI, not a recommendation.

Ed

 

[dogcatcher]

With a good cross slide it makes a pretty good horizontal milling machine. All that is needed is the cross slide, material mount with vertical movement and collet chuck with milling bits.

 

[magpens]

dogcatcher ...

Since you mentioned this, you sound like you may know ...

... can one buy the cross slide ? ... what about the fittings to attach to the lathe bed ? ... and the material mount (I think I have seen that part - Taig has one) ?

I have often thought it would be nice to have a moderate-capability horizontal mill and this seems like a relatively inexpensive way to get one

 

[dogcatcher]

You can modify a cross slide to fit. A better option would be to set up a Taig lathe. I believe if you can find a cross slide for a Delta 1460 lathe, it will also work. The bad part is the travel is limited to the slides movement, while on a Taig, although smaller, it will slide left and right on the bed ways and keep in line.

My first set up was a junker wood lathe with a small cross slide. Every time I used it, it took awhile to true up the cross slide. The cross slide came from Enco about 25 years ago. Finally I spent the money and bought a Taig, easy to work with and the milling attachment combined with the cross slide and later a compound attachment was the better.