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Depends on what you need it to do Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:34:56 In Reply to: Anyone here using a mini-lathe?, Tony, Mon, 14 May 2007 17:27:34 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
My brother has a Sherline (http://www.sherline.com) for quite a few years now. It all depends on what you're looking to do. My brother makes his own minature live steam engines (about half-again as big as HO scale), so he's doing very fine work. He has the Sherline because it's a lathe and a milling machine. It costs more than the mini-lathe, but it does much more.
If you're doing minature work, you're better off with a small lathe/machine tool. However, if you're looking to turn larger metal pieces, going small is a bad idea, as jp points out. It will be underpowered and cramped, and quality will suffer. And with a lathe, you just can't do big things on a small lathe. And you can't do very small things on a big lathe.
So, what is the intented use?
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