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Certainly a top start Johnny neat description fair first trial resulting in a ripper picture of the pen you made and the lathe itself. I have no idea if the price was high or low I have given up on trying to equate the pound with our dollar. Merely looking at an exchange rate is useless unless you are spending from one to another everything else such as cost of living, taxes, wages etc must be considered. The 38kg weight makes it convenient for portability. When you do demos are you required to have a safety shield around to protect the public? Some magic trick to have two lathes a green on the left a blue on the right. The fact that the alignment is spot on was wonderful especially sight unseen out the box. I am thinking your fears of electrical problems should resolve itself within the waranty period. The lathe appears to have good height without the specs.I have never used a lathe with a DC motor the speed readout is most conveniently placed with the speed control and on off switch clear of the moving parts and handy to the left hand side.Is it 1 mt in the head stock what size is the shaft?

Thanks for the run down mate and good fortune as the new owner.

Peter.

<blockquote data-quote="Penpal" data-source="post: 194385" data-attributes="member: 122">Certainly a top start Johnny neat description fair first trial resulting in a ripper picture of the pen you made and the lathe itself. I have no idea if the price was high or low I have given up on trying to equate the pound with our dollar. Merely looking at an exchange rate is useless unless you are spending from one to another everything else such as cost of living, taxes, wages etc must be considered. The 38kg weight makes it convenient for portability. When you do demos are you required to have a safety shield around to protect the public? Some magic trick to have two lathes a green on the left a blue on the right. The fact that the alignment is spot on was wonderful especially sight unseen out the box. I am thinking your fears of electrical problems should resolve itself within the waranty period. The lathe appears to have&nbsp; good height without the specs.I have never used a lathe with a DC motor the speed readout is most conveniently placed with the speed control and on off switch clear of the moving parts and handy to the left hand side.Is it 1 mt in the head stock what size is the shaft?Thanks for the run down mate and good fortune as the new owner.Peter.<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/crossed_fingers.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":fingers:" title="fingers&nbsp; &nbsp; :fingers:" data-shortname=":fingers:" /><img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/crossed_fingers.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":fingers:" title="fingers&nbsp; &nbsp; :fingers:" data-shortname=":fingers:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Penpal, post: 194385, member: 122"] Certainly a top start Johnny neat description fair first trial resulting in a ripper picture of the pen you made and the lathe itself. I have no idea if the price was high or low I have given up on trying to equate the pound with our dollar. Merely looking at an exchange rate is useless unless you are spending from one to another everything else such as cost of living, taxes, wages etc must be considered. The 38kg weight makes it convenient for portability. When you do demos are you required to have a safety shield around to protect the public? Some magic trick to have two lathes a green on the left a blue on the right. The fact that the alignment is spot on was wonderful especially sight unseen out the box. I am thinking your fears of electrical problems should resolve itself within the waranty period. The lathe appears to have good height without the specs.I have never used a lathe with a DC motor the speed readout is most conveniently placed with the speed control and on off switch clear of the moving parts and handy to the left hand side.Is it 1 mt in the head stock what size is the shaft? Thanks for the run down mate and good fortune as the new owner. Peter.:fingers::fingers: [/QUOTE]

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