Amadeal lathes – Any good??

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    Mark Hall
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      I love my boxford 380IS its s completely different lathe to a Chinese import a friend had an armadeal lathe & he sold it after using my boxford. He said he did not realise what he was missing untill he used the boxford 380IS, he now had a boxford STS. Mini lathes are good to learn on but they have far to many draw backs, are hard work & simply not up to the job, a cheaper used British lathe is x10 the quality of a import

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      JasonB
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        @jasonb

        I suppose to some extent it depends what the job is. Certainly a Mini-lathe would not be the ideal choice for a 1/3rd scale traction engine but they are capable of making smaller models.

        My own Chinese import was bought for the job of model engineering specifically stationary steam, IC, hot air, etc. 58 engines and counting suggests to me it is upto that job.

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        bernard towers
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          @bernardtowers37738

          Even though I agree with you Mark you are brave putting your head above the parapet!!!

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          JasonB
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            @jasonb

            Would also be interested to see what the 380IS looks like as I’ve not heard of that one before, only 250, 280 and 330 versions.

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