Hi

First of all have you tried talking to Warco re their likely delivery schedule? I have a Chester DB7VS lathe and I have found that for a small lathe it is pretty sturdy and a good work horse; given several years of trouble free service and been asked to do some quite heavy work for a relatively small unit. The reason I bought from Chester is that I saw it at a show and it was available at the time. Both Chester and Warco seem to have a good record when it comes to post sale support and I can confirm that for both companies from personal experience as I have also got a Warco mill.

Do you live relatively close to either company? If so then they normally have their showrooms open so you can look at the lathe you're interested and get a hands on feel for the item.

Cheers

Martin W

May not be much to choose between them,so I would be more inclined to look at the "After Sale Service".

Seem to remember that both had issues with this from time to time,to judge from some recent Posts.

Maybe just hiccups,but worth checking out. Ask around !

Machines I purchased from Warco have always been delivered and bolted down in my workshop for free.

Excellent after-sales service from Warco as always.

Just a satisfied customer of many years standing.

Richard2.

Having just bought a lathe from Chester (multiple problems with lathe but good aftersalles service) and a mill from SPG tools I would say look at SPG the owner Simon can be a bit difficult to deal with but I am very impressed with the mill, his machines are cheaper than anyone else in the UK and they are degreased cleaned oiled and checked by SPG, I don’t think anyone else does this in the UK now. My old small mill was also given a new circuit board after mine failed after a year or so. The Chester machines are just shipped in the crate it came from in China and I found the quality very poor. Ymmv

I’ve had no problems with Warco. On the other hand:

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