Well I have nothing but good to say about Charnwood, having had Axminster, and Record lathes and saws aswell, I have found them all to be much of a muchness init?
A lot of grunt for your buck with Charnwood the same as the rest but a darn site cheaper.
I am using an old Charnwood W812 as my main lathe at the moment, paid £40 for it secondhand, put SKF bearing in and got a belt from the local motor factors, sound as pound init?
What do you need it to do? Spin a lump of wood and be level and keep on doing it, mine does.
As for cutting straight blanks, any bloody saw will do that if you set it up properly, I have never had a problem with any saw I have ever had in that respect.
I am using old Emco for my bandsaw now, fantastic little thing for small blanks, I got rid of the Axminster bandsaw yes I used it a lot but don't miss it, for the stuff the Emco won't cope with I grab a handsaw or chainsaw, no problems init?
You lot wanna listen to yourselves sometimes, bloody load of snobs, I bet you all drive Bentleys too, I got an old van that still gets where it's gotta go.
Sit's back and waits for the flack.
