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I was searching around for a larger lage so I could start different projects and I found one similar to this. The one I am getting needs little restoration, but runs perfectly and true. He is also throwing in whatever turning tools he could find, and some nice hardwood blocks including mahogany and black walnut.

I have to go pick it up this week.

I paid $25.00 whole American Dollars for the setup..

Note: This is not the exact one I bout, this is a restored version.
 

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I used a similar one for several years with good success. Better for spindle work than for bowls, and mine did not like things very out of round. Great pen lathe and the price is a serious gloat.
 
I think you will be seriously dissapointed if this is what you want to use to turn bowls. A friend of mine had a lathe like this and it was pretty much worthless for anything other than the occasional chair leg.
 
lathes that run on tubes are not generally sturdy as a cast iron bed lathe..but for a chair leg or pen or things like that..all it has to do is turn around and around...
 
Hard to say for sure; but if it is the lathe I am thinking of, it is going to be of limited usefulness. I believe it does not have an MT in either the HS or the TS so it is not going to be of much use for turning pens without a bunch of expensive adapters. I suspect it has only a 1/2 HP motor so it will be of limited value for turning bowls. That lathe is best used for turning spindles......chair legs and the like.

That being said, if you get some wood and a few tools with the deal, you will have probably recovered your $25 investment. Without knowing exactly what you have and what sort of restoration it needs, it is hard toi say; but I would guess spending a bunch of hours restoring the beast is probably going to be a waste of your time.

Sorry to be so negative; but there is no point in throwing good money and time after bad.!!
 
Looks like the one I have made by Craftsman. Mine came out of Grandpa"s shop after he passed. To dispell the negative talk lets look at the facts.....it does have a MT1 in the headstock and tailstock. Thus no adapters. The motor is whatever HP you put on it. Bolted to a good bench and it should work fine.......
 
For the price, you did well.
There are many-many similar lathes in use, and have been for decades.
I'm not crazy about the single-tube set-up, but they do have their uses.
Understand the limitations and consider this a 'start-up' lathe until you can decide what you really want.
Look at it this way....it's a whole whoop better than having no lathe at all.
 
I've got the next step up in that lathe does me just fine.Seem like those that have been doing this for a while have forgot where they came from.
 
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