Lathe without variable speed worth it?

[corian king]

Hello All.Well I have a jet that is non VS and I never even thought about haveing to change the speed because I could do it so fast.BUT I recently bought a steel city with VS and I only got it because it was almost the same price as without.But now I find myself using the steel city more because it does have it.If I had to purchase another one I would make sure it had the VS.Just my thoughts.. Have fun!!!
JIM

 

[jppensplus]

Hey-- I do't have a VS drive, but if I were buyig a lathe now, that would be one of the features I would want---and I would buy the Delta mini-lathe--

 

[greggas]

I'm getting used to this lathe with no variable speed...heck for $230 I'd be o.k. with foot power. It has taught me to keep my lather running faster during the shaping phase...should have been doing more of that I guess because I seem to get a pen done substantially quicker...funny how you learn things sometimes