Charnwood lathes

[Skil Phil]

One of the local suppliers now has Charnwood lathes on their website.

Over here you can get Nova, Jet at great expense and lots of cheap rubbish.

I am not in the market for another lathe but would appreciate comments about quality.
Nice to see another manufacturer but like to know where it slots in.

Cheers
Phil

 

[Midnight_Turner]

I've always been told they were rubbish - went to the shop and you can tell they are a lada compared to a rolls Royce Axminster


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[Penpal]

Very ordinary I heard Phil.

Peter.

 

[Walter]

Lower end of the market certainly. Standard Chinese clones similar to many others.

 

[Graham_C]

I have only experienced a Charnwood spindle moulder - but as others have said, the quality was pretty average

 

[wm460]

Just had a look at Charnwood website there lathes look like what carbatec etc sell here but with different paint and badges.

 

[Skil Phil]

Thanks all for the comments.
Just another bit of mediocre Eastern steel.
At least I know a bit more when asked for an opinion.

Cheers
Phil

 

[Colin]

They are cheap and cheerful, I have one and it does what I need it to do,
I got it and have had no issues with it, Came with a useful 3 jaw chuck.
When I was looking at them they were all the same just different colours and prices from different manufacturers ??
Hope to be able to post some pics of pens I have made on it soon

 

[Penpal]

Phil what are import regs to your part of the country. For quality seems to be made elsewhere.

Peter.

 

[ni9eofse7en]

Interesting, I have just bought a Charnwood W850 bench saw which having reviewed others fit my needs and budget, so far so good. Charnwood have just celebrated 40 years in business so must have sold a lot of machines over the years. Yes they have budget tools but so does Axminster and others, each to their own. As a side note a guy locally had a Lada with a V8 engine shoe horned in, and yes it was stock looking outside in the usual beige colour, it left many a rich car owner with egg on their face. So here's hoping my Lada keeps going for years to come. And no I don't work for them, I am just a tight ar***, sorry frugal Yorkshireman.

 

[wm460]

Phil what are import regs to your part of the country. For quality seems to be made elsewhere.

Peter.

As long as you pay the custom bloke your OK.

 

[Penpal]

They are economic, need careful maintenance.

Peter.

 

[Skil Phil]

Phil what are import regs to your part of the country. For quality seems to be made elsewhere.

Not sure of the regs but I think it is a case of 'you can bring in whatever you like as long as an official gets a backhand.
We used to have a Bureau of Standards that kept good control of junk coming into the country and maintained production standards within.
This has been replaced by a Bureau of Corruption. The bigger the bribe the worse the product can be. So the consumer suffers.
The majority of the machines are eastern except for a few European (Felder and Hammer) and American branded but made elsewhere (Jet) and Nova
Surprisingly a Felder bandsaw is cheaper than a Jet and better quality.

Phil

 

[Skil Phil]

As long as you pay the custom bloke your OK.

So true. For something big the president as well.

 

[Skil Phil]

Sorry posted twice

 

[Penpal]

Not sure of the regs but I think it is a case of 'you can bring in whatever you like as long as an official gets a backhand.
We used to have a Bureau of Standards that kept good control of junk coming into the country and maintained production standards within.
This has been replaced by a Bureau of Corruption. The bigger the bribe the worse the product can be. So the consumer suffers.
The majority of the machines are eastern except for a few European (Felder and Hammer) and American branded but made elsewhere (Jet) and Nova
Surprisingly a Felder bandsaw is cheaper than a Jet and better quality.

Phil

IMHO Felder stuff can be superb however our Wood Guild bought the big Felder Band Saw and regretted it was awful.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[Skil Phil]

IMHO Felder stuff can be superb however our Wood Guild bought the big Felder Band Saw and regretted it was awful.

OK, so they also have quality problems.
Phil