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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (Australian group) / January 2005Jaycar lathe
Anyone bought the lathe Jaycar are currently selling and, if so, what do you think of it? Also do you think any of the "Accessories" are worth buying? Mike Harding have seen these @ jaycar, and i dont know about the lathe operation, but the tools look like absolute rubbish... better off just getting some tool steel and grinding up your own tools. > Anyone bought the lathe Jaycar are currently selling > and, if so, what do you think of it? Also do you think > any of the "Accessories" are worth buying? > > Mike Harding > have seen these @ jaycar, and i dont know about the lathe operation, but the > tools look like absolute rubbish... better off just getting some tool steel [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > Mike Harding All i can say is that you get what you pay for Boxy >> > Anyone bought the lathe Jaycar are currently selling >> > and, if so, what do you think of it? Also do you think >> > any of the "Accessories" are worth buying? >All i can say is that you get what you pay for Oh goodie. So I should invest in a Hiclone then? Mike Harding Mike. Could you give more details (like maybe a link) to the Lathe you bought? Last year I bought a lathe, made in mainland China and want to make sure I'm comparing apples with apples. I'm pretty happy with mine, but I did replace the bearings and throw the supplied tool bits and holders away. Likewise the 3 jaw chuck, but the 4 jaw is just fine. Also, there are a number of lathe and metal machine groups on Yahoo that might interest you. My personal project at present is to build a mill, google for Gingery machines to have a look at a very active little "build it yourself" community. Cheers Tony Smith >Could you give more details (like maybe a link) to the Lathe you bought? Haven't actually bought it yet Tony, still looking at the moment. I think the link to the direct page is one of those funny ones which won't transfer readily however if you go here: http://www1.jaycar.com.au/index.asp and enter "lathe" into the "Keyword search" box that will take you to it. >Last year I bought a lathe, made in mainland China and want to make >sure I'm comparing apples with apples. > >I'm pretty happy with mine, but I did replace the bearings and throw >the supplied tool bits and holders away. I guessed the tools would be rubbish. >Likewise the 3 jaw chuck, but the 4 jaw is just fine. I wondered about the chuck too :) >Also, there are a number of lathe and metal machine groups on Yahoo >that might interest you. > >My personal project at present is to build a mill, google for Gingery >machines to have a look at a very active little "build it yourself" >community. Thanks for that - I'll take a look. Mike Harding http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=633&item= 3869809772&rd=1 http://users.tpg.com.au/users/p8king/tl4000.htm > >Could you give more details (like maybe a link) to the Lathe you bought? > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Mike Harding If that isn't the "little brother" of the 7"* 10" I bought, I'm a Dutchman. Buy with a clear conscience, even after you spend the money on bearings and tooling, you are still going to be hundreds in front of buying a "name" small lathe. The only thing I'd think about carefully is the size. A 5" lathe is getting pretty small. I started out with a 1/2 share in a Crowthorne with a 24" swing and a 12' bed. It was dirt cheap cause nobody wanted such a bloody big lathe, and we had to transport it from Sydney ourselves. When I moved I sold my share, and since buying the 7" have only occasionally missed the big lathe. But I know I've done a lot of turning I could not have done on a 5" one. Cheers Tony Smith I did have a look before but can't remember much about it ..I would like to have a 4 jaw chuck and at least it has auto feed and scewcutting but it is limited to 8 mm thread which is a bummer considering that it can do 5 inch dia job...tools arnt a real issue anyway as you would have to make your own eventualy ..get onto a fitter and turner and he may get em for you .. the overload protection is a plus as is the morse taper in the spindle and the face plate...I would look at the added price of the 4 jaw b4 deciding... the cover with the start cut out is good for the newbie as is the tray for when u may like to use coolant... the 2000 rpm is sufficent for the small dia work and i would be thinking about your need to have a bigger spindle bore.. the adjustment on the cross slide is a bonus...at least alowing for you to get the slop out later .... regards phill >Anyone bought the lathe Jaycar are currently selling >and, if so, what do you think of it? Also do you think >any of the "Accessories" are worth buying? > >Mike Harding >Anyone bought the lathe Jaycar are currently selling >and, if so, what do you think of it? Also do you think >any of the "Accessories" are worth buying? Thanks everyone for the responses, very useful. From this and other enquiries it looks as if the lathe is a decent performer for the money, albeit a bit on the small side. I'll let you know how it performs. Thanks again Mike Harding |
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