Re: Different Prices - such a range!
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"Given I said 'buy the cheapest,' I modify that to say, not the HF 7x10"
On the other hand, that's what I originally bought and I used it for many years before buying the LMS bed-extension kit.? The big weakness of that lathe is drilling from the tailstock with larger drills, because there just isn't room to put a drill chuck in the tailstock spindle, hold a large drill in it, and have room to hold the work in a chuck. Often I wound up holding the drill bit in alignment with the tailstock center, using a lathe dog clamped on the drill to keep it from turning. (I even made a special tailstock center that sticks out less then a regular center).? I also got fairly adept at holding work on the faceplate which sticks out much less than a chuck.
But all those little tricks have turned out to be good to know, and I still use some of them, even though I bought a 14" bed years later (and a big, 11" Logan lathe many years after that). So if a little HF lathe comes your way at the right price, it's well worth it.
Mike Taglieri?
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:45 AM Craig Hopewell via <cch80124= [email protected]> wrote: Given I said "buy the cheapest", I modify that to say, not the HF 7x10 which is really an 7x8 when measured by the method used to spec every other 7x mini-lathe.? ? It is too short and "crowded" compared to other versions.? ?A 7x12 or 7x14 is adequate for most all work.
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Lone Tree, Colorado? ?USA
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