Hi Tony. I used to have a Homier and a Cummins. Just sold the Homier, but I can vouch for the Cummins being a higher quality (or at least better finished) machine. For instance, the tailstock of the Homier was painted, including the ways for the set-over, while the Cummins was quite clean wherever it had parts which had to move. The Homier was quite poorly set-up, needing adjustments of almost everything, while the Cummins needed only two adjustments; centering the tailstock, and adjusting the cross-slide gibs. The ways seemed better finished, too, as the carriage moves smoothly with no 'tight spots'.
Cummins DOES have road shows, and in fact that's where I got mine. No shipping to pay, and the 'extras' that came with the lathe more than made up for the higher price. I got follow and steady rests, tailstock chuck, faceplate, carbide tools, and quick change tool holders, parting tool, and probably more that I've forgotten. Even at LMS prices, that's quite a bit of tooling for $100.
At 02:34 PM 3/23/2004, tonyhursh wrote:
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Boss" <bossone@c...> wrote:
I would like to know something about the Cummins lathe and where one
can be bought.
I bought mine through their web site. This link should take you
directly there:
<,876.html>,876.html
If the link doesn't work, go to www.cumminstools.com and search for
"lathe".
I gather that Cummins has road shows, too, although I've never seen
one around here.
The Cummins definitely comes with more accessories than the Homier,
but is correspondingly higher in price (not as much as buying the
extra stuff separately, though). Some have said that the Cummins
machine is a little higher in quality, but I couldn't speak to that as
I've never seen one of the Homiers.
Regards,
Bob
northern California
