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I have had this lathe for 13 months and not had any mechanical problems with it. However it did dance across the bench and there's no holes in the legs to fasten it to a bench. Easily fixed with a drill but very annoying. The tailstock mechanics are poor - A small pin fits into a rebate which when tuned moves the centre bar in and out. It locks with a key on top of the tailstock. On mine the rebate broke so I couldn't fine tune the tension on my mandrel. It was sorted by the company but again annoying. (Hope you can understand this)

Simon

[QUOTE="Sgreen, post: 287010, member: 908"] I have had this lathe for 13 months and not had any mechanical problems with it. However it did dance across the bench and there's no holes in the legs to fasten it to a bench. Easily fixed with a drill but very annoying. The tailstock mechanics are poor - A small pin fits into a rebate which when tuned moves the centre bar in and out. It locks with a key on top of the tailstock. On mine the rebate broke so I couldn't fine tune the tension on my mandrel. It was sorted by the company but again annoying. (Hope you can understand this) Simon [/QUOTE]

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