Marty, the overall width of the bed is a tad under 4", so I suppose it falls in your "toolroom" category. There are two raised prisms (thus, the saddle must be different from a minilathe), the one on the back of the bed being smaller. I'll sketch up a cross-section and mail you direct with more exact measurements - I can't post a sketch on here, and this is getting a bit OT anyway.
Incidentally, for their minilathe, Warco boast "USA made, high qualiity printed circuit boards for long term reliability". Interesting, though we run on 230v over here, rather than your 110v, so you might need a transformer, even if you could locate the manufacturer.
Andy
Marty N <martyn@...> wrote:
Andrew Franks writes:
<snip> My "Warco WM180" is 7x 12, and shares a lot of features (saddle and everything above it) with a regular mini-lathe. <snip>
Andy this snippet could have been more timely for me. Could you do me a favor and measure the width of the bed please and post back. Thanks.
Looks like a very nice machine and I wish I would have seen this before starting my project machine.
Marty
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