Yahoo!! New lathe!! (cauton-Gloat)

[GregHaugen]

Yahoo! The Delta 46-460 has made it's way to me. :biggrin: To quote Bree, "THIS IS A SWWEEETTT MACHINE". Very impressed. The sand bags in the back ground are from my "previous" lathe and need to be moved out of there. I needed more shop space for some other new additions for my pen turning, so I sold my Jet 16" and bought this lathe. Very, very happy with that decision. Now I have a lot more space. This machine is a far cry from the old "mini" lathe or the 14" "iron bed" lathe that Delta had out. In my opinion this lathe has definately become the top of the class for smaller lathes.

I'm off to the shop to have some fun. Just had to gloat a little first!!

 

[bradh]

Congrats on the new toy.
We expect a product review after you have a chance to play with it a bit.
In the mean time, enjoy!

 

[Bree]

Ahhh you got the nice stand too with the chisel holders. Let me know how you like the stand. I am kinda jonesing for that stand myself.
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[artme]

Great looking toy!!

It will be interesting to see how this good looking machine stacks up after Joe Public has given it a workout for a few months.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I looked that up on the Delta site after your post. It looks like Delta is making a serious attempt to capture a big hunk of the lathe market. Methinks Jet and Grizzly need to watch out. This one and their new mini have great features at attractive prices. Hope we don't hear of quality problems.

 

[Inkspot]

Is the stand height adjustable?
I really like the reverse feature on this lathe.