Best place/dealer to buy a Jet lathe in the South...?

[NikNak]

Ok.... so Tony (xc-mtbr) came yesterday and took away my Axminster AWVSL1100, and i'm now after a new (or good second hand) lathe.

Currently i'm strongly favouring the Jet 1220VS..... that is unless any of you guys out there can convince me otherwise... :!:


Sooo..... assuming none of you do, where's the best place to buy from..? Axminster, C.R.M. Tools... etc plus what's the best price anyone's seen for this as i don't see them being 'discounted' anywhere.


Finally.... i see from doing a few google searches that they seem to have a 5yr warranty in the US.... is it the same over here too...??



Many thanks once again to this great site in offering help and advice.




Nick

 

[big soft moose]

my advice wuld be to buy that woodfast 910 blisters got for sale - be quick tho as he's going to the bay this evening

 

[NikNak]

.... yeah i saw that too....

problem is it's around 3 times the price and 4 times the size of what i'm after.

Having found my niche i'm looking to downsize... not go bigger. But thanks anyway.



Nick

 

[big soft moose]

oh yeah - misunderstanding of where you were going there

in that case yep i'd go with the jet - or the record (which is actually a woodfast in disguise iirc)

http://www.recordpower.co.uk/index.php? ... di%20Lathe

 

[NikNak]

OK..... so it looks like it's gonna be a Jet 1220VS then.....


next question is... where's the best place in the Southern region (i live in Southampton) to buy this..? I can only find two 'local' stockists, Axminster & CRM Tools.

Just rung CRM as they're just down the road, they have a showroom, but don't have any wood lathes in it...!! :x it would be nice to actually see one before i buy.... :shock:

Plus.... having done some googleing...... i've come upon BriMarc Tools & Machinery, nothing wrong there..... but i notice it's the same address as Axminster Tools.... :?:



Nick

 

[Bluefoxy]

That's because Brimarc are wholesalers and sell through distributors like Axminster. Personally I would buy through Axminster as their customer service is second to none. I have owned a Jet 1220 manual and it was an excellent machine. The only doubts I would have is that it appears to vary the speed using a simple rheostat which is fine for most work but will overheat and stall if you have a serious out of balance lump on it. The Record 305 vs uses a 3 phase motor stepped down to single phase by an inverter which is a better system but of course is several hundred pounds more expensive.