Small hobby lathes.

[activeviiiParticipant @activeviii]

Right, not sure I’ll regret this but….

 

…. I have a Boxford AUD and a fair few bits with it. I have had it probably 20 years. Nothing heavy done on it. But it’s taking up a little to much room.

 

I do not use the lathe that often now so thinking about downsizing.

 

Something a little smaller, I don’t use often, it’s more for smaller bar stock. I’m not getting any younger so thinking I would like something a little smaller.

 

Able to screw cut. Be nice to have dro as well.

 

Any  recommendations please

[activeviiiParticipant @activeviii]

Thanks kindly for any input

 

Phil

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi activeiii, don’t know how much you wish to spend, but this might be suitable Warco Super with DRO

Regards Nick.

[activeviiiParticipant @activeviii]

Thanks for the heads up, I have looked at this one. Also the chester db7vs and db8vs.

I don’t want to go down the plastic gear root of some lathes.  Coming from the gear box of the Boxford will be a differnt thing.

 

I do like the size of the warco. On

Y thing is I have a small warco mill and I’ve had a few problems with the electronics and have had to strip it a few times. So that’s my only hold back.

 

All the best

 

Phil

 

[HuubParticipant @huub]

I have had such a mini lathe for 10+ years. Made aluminum gears for it but those where loud. So I switched back to the original plastic (POM) gears. Never broke a gear and if, I would use the 3D printer to make me a new one.

This warco has, according to the description, a back gear for maximum torque and that is nice for threading.

The 350 mm between centers makes you remove the tail stock often.

 

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

As you are looking at the 8″ swing lathes and fear missing a gearbox then look at the 210 size machines from Amadeal and Warco which can both be had with an Electronic Lead Screw & DRO. They also both have a 38mm bore spindle so you can get reasonable sizebarstock up em. Bothe are timing belt straight from motor to spindle so not a gear in sight.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Phil, the one I’ve linked to has a steel headstock and gears, no mention of plastic gears.

Regards Nick.

[HollowpointParticipant @hollowpoint]

I don’t want to be a spoil sport, but I think that you absolutely WOULD regret it.

I currently own a Boxford and have had several mini lathes. There’s no way in hell I would swap the Boxford, not even for half a dozen mini lathes!

 

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

What are you doing about milling? Do you have a mill? A Boxford perhaps gives you more capacity if you need to use a vertical slide. Or you might have a small mill like a round column one and can actually save space by mounting a tiny Unimat on the bed when needed and some turning can be done on the mill itself.
If the turning is small and minor there are lathes like Hobbymat and RandA that are very cheap.

[lukeama123Participant @lukeama123]

Hello Phil,

Luke from Amadeal here. I recently came across this post, and Jason has kindly already recommended our AMABL210E machine. I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know that if you’re interested, you can visit our website to learn more.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if you’d like to explore other machine options. I’d be happy to assist.

Best regards

Luke

Amadeal Ltd.

 

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