Lathe For Sale ( Photos now added ) NOW SOLD

[Blister]

NO NO NO

ITS NOT the VB :lol:

However it is a rather nice Woodfast short bed lathe

This make was manufactured in Newzeland but is now marketed by Record Power as the Maxi

It is a Short Bed lathe , ideal for those with limited room and not wanting to turn big long items
Also It is a low height so ideal for someone who likes to sit down , or is in a wheel chair
It can of coarse be put back to normal height if needed by having or making some longer legs of fitting it to a workbench

It is VERY heavy duty , with a cast flat bed , Cast tail stock , Cast tool rest assembly .

It is also FULL variable speed with a powerful electronic 3 phase motor running through a single phase inverter , Has forward and reverse at the flick of a switch

The head can swivel through 180 to turn off the end of the lathe , and also comes complete with the outside turning table assembly

Axminster chuck with jaws / face plates / knock out bar / revolving center / drive center / tool rests

The electronics and motor are first class and high quality and its whisper quiet 8)

it is a nice piece of lit :mrgreen:

Would make a very nice :ho2 :deer :ho2 :ho2 :deer
prezzy fore someone :wink:

Price £700 all in

If any serious interest I will take some photos tomorrow

:wink:

:ho2 :deer :mrgreen: :tool: :tool: :tool:

 

[Oakbear]

Vote for piccies please!

Which model is this?

And how short a bed is short! :lol:

Cheers!

 

[Blister]

Ooo look nice photos :wink:

 

[DaveL]

I have seen this lathe and if I had the money you would not be getting the chance to buy it, lovely bit of kit. The inverter gives very smooth control of the speed and having the belt allows a very wide range to be selected.

I turned on Allen's old woodfast and that was great machine, this is just a bit shorter so it will fit is the shop better.

 

[wizer]

It's a diddy version of my first lathe

Love it.

 

[Blister]

As you can see its a very sturdy lathe , unlike the Chinese cheap copy lathes

you can see on the photo the thickness of the castings Shocked

Super smooth and quiet operation with the full variable speed control unit
The control box is magnetic and on a 3 mtr lead
Axminster chuck with O'Donnell jaws
3" screw on face plate
4" faceplate ring
Jacobs chuck with key
revolving center
4 prong drive center
knock out bar
head stock spanner
spanner for unlocking the head / for rotating 90 or 180 degrees
Instruction / parts manual
In total 5 tool rests including 2 shaped for inside bowls
outside turning platform / and outside turning tool rest

 

[wizer]

Allen, if this goes to ebay and you feel like splitting out the chuck and possible the bowl rest, I'd be interested. Assuming it's the right thread.

 

[Blister]

:ho2 :deer BUMP :ho2 :deer

 

[OldWood]

Interesting - I see the control panel has made the same design mistake that I have in mine - putting the Reverse switch next to the Start Stop switch.

I'm going to rebuild mine as just all too often I hit the reverse switch by mistake. Reverse is sufficiently rarely used that it should be on the other side of the speed control. It does rather look as if the panel designer wasn't a wood turner !!

OW

 

[Blister]

Interesting - I see the control panel has made the same design mistake that I have in mine - putting the Reverse switch next to the Start Stop switch.

I'm going to rebuild mine as just all too often I hit the reverse switch by mistake. Reverse is sufficiently rarely used that it should be on the other side of the speed control. It does rather look as if the panel designer wasn't a wood turner !!

OW

Sounds like you should be more careful , Lathe are dangerous if used by clumsy users
I have had several lathes with this type of control box , never had a problem with any of them :wink:

I use reverse all the time especially when sanding

O was you interested in buying the lathe ? or just having a chat :wink:

Please show us your re designed control box when you have made it

 

[OldWood]

Sounds like you should be more careful , Lathe are dangerous if used by clumsy users

Hey, that's a bit heavy - I'm not sure that accusing someone of not being careful and being clumsy is good forum manners.

I was just passing a perfectly valid comment based on personnel experience - certainly I've used pushbuttons which light up to show me what is selected, and possibly one weakness of the electronic controller I have is that switching on reverse with forward selected, shuts off the motor which then starts up again in reverse.

Do I take it this controller box has powerful magnets on its base to attach to anywhere on the lathe ? In modifying older lathes, the natural instinct is to place the control panel where the original switch box was, and this is generally below sight line, and switches are therefore operated by feel rather than looking for them. Now if you consider that 'clumsy', then I would regard that as normal operator procedure and one that has to be taken into account in the design.

The weakness in my, and I consider this design, is a trifle ironic as one of the areas of my later career was product safety design.

OW

 

[Blister]

Sounds like you should be more careful , Lathe are dangerous if used by clumsy users

Hey, that's a bit heavy - I'm not sure that accusing someone of not being careful and being clumsy is good forum manners.

I was just passing a perfectly valid comment based on personnel experience - certainly I've used pushbuttons which light up to show me what is selected, and possibly one weakness of the electronic controller I have is that switching on reverse with forward selected, shuts off the motor which then starts up again in reverse.

Do I take it this controller box has powerful magnets on its base to attach to anywhere on the lathe ? In modifying older lathes, the natural instinct is to place the control panel where the original switch box was, and this is generally below sight line, and switches are therefore operated by feel rather than looking for them. Now if you consider that 'clumsy', then I would regard that as normal operator procedure and one that has to be taken into account in the design.

The weakness in my, and I consider this design, is a trifle ironic as one of the areas of my later career was product safety design.

OW

Yes the control boxes have magnetic backs , so can be positioned in any position .
I currently own a VB36 considered by some people to be about as good as it gets lathe wise and the control box looks like this

No intention to offend by my comment , but lathes are dangerous :shock: and if you do operate without looking properly ( buy feel ) trouble will come your way , Imagine this scenario , large piece of wood on the chuck , turn on the lathe in reverse , chuck unscrews itself as it in reverse at speed , Bingo big problem , chuck and timber flying around workshop

If as it sounds like you can , you do design and make a better unit as I said in my last post , please show us , It my benefit other users should they also have the same operational problems as you do

 

[Blister]

OK , back to the subject ( Lathe for Sale )

If anyone is interested a a nice , heavy , robust , compact lathe , with full electronic variable speed , with chuck and loads of extras as in the photos

I have this for sale , may be able to help with transport if not the other end of the world :lol:

:ho2 :deer :ho2

 

[wizer]

good forum manners.

To be fair, you started it by posting negative comments about a lathe in a for sale thread.

(if you think those controls are fiddly, you should see the BRM :shock: )

:wink:

 

[OldWood]

"To be fair, you started it by posting negative comments about a lathe in a for sale thread".

That is equally not fair as I raised the subject not as a criticism of the product but as a comment on my own design failure and to raise awareness of a design hazard - and then, what exactly has a 'For Sale' thread got to do with it ? I am fully aware that 'For Sale' threads are questionable topics but that does not make them sacrosanct.

It is interesting that having raised it as a separate thread that it is seen as a design hazard.

I will admit at this point that I am surprised that now two members of this forum have raised criticism against my posting - the original comment was certainly not made in criticism but in observation that the style of layout of the controls in my opinion and experience is faulty.

I do take offence and it would be nice if both of the comments against me were withdrawn, or explained as to why the authors think my original comments were at fault.

OW[/i]

 

[Aled Dafis]

Blister

When you say "Short Bed", what's the longest spindle it'll turn? Is the 450 in the model no. a clue? 450mm??

How big a bowl can it turn over the bed?

Cheers

Aled

Edit : BTW, I'm interested.

 

[Turn It In]

Hi Allen,
Just a couple of questions regarding lathe dimensions.
1 What is the thread size of the mandrel?
2 max length between centres?
3 Max diameter over the bed?
4 Is it possible to bolt an extension onto the bed?
Sorry 4 questions and I do hope you can fill in the blanks.
Many thanks,
Best regards,
Ian

 

[Blister]

Just arrived home from work :roll:

will sort out the questions later today

thanks

:deer :ho2 :deer

 

[Blister]

OW

Cant see why you have a bee in your bonnet about this post and comments

I posted a Lathe for sale thread ,
so most people would if interested look at the post , see what lathe it is ,
then if interested either send a PM or ask a lathe for sale relevant question ( as other forum users have )

Your post states ( I see the control panel has made the same design mistake that I have in mine ) Is this a relevant question ? , I don't think it is .

So rather than ignore your comments I posted a reply that you did not like ?

You then said ( I raised the subject not as a criticism of the product but as a comment on my own design failure and to raise awareness of a design hazard ) What hazard ? I never had a problem with it or my VB or any other lathe I owned with a control box on a lead , If as you have admitted the design is not to your liking and knowing you ( HAVE DONE IT BEFORE ) and still continue to do it as you operate you lathe by feel and not by looking at the controls I then offered a warning . My car has reverse gear next to 4th gear I am aware of it and don't put it in reverse instead of forth when using the car .

I see no reason to withdraw any of my comments , you said what you wanted and I reply d

Lastly regarding this ( I do take offense and it would be nice if both of the comments against me were withdrawn ) sorry I will not be withdrawing my comments as I have not done or said anything wrong

 

[wizer]

OW, I don't want it to seem 'mob handed' but my post was actually trying to diffuse the situation by pointing out what you'd done. You spoke about forum manners and I was suggesting that it's a little off highlighting stuff that you thought was a design flaw on something someone is selling. You'd not be best pleased if that happened to you. For sale thread certainly are not sacrosanct, but in this instance your opinion of the switch gear was completely objectionable. Posting a separate thread is exactly what you should have done in the first place.

So sorry, no withdrawal here either.