Need advice on lathe

twal

twal

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I am looking at buying a new or used lathe.
I was wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers on what to avoid or where I should focus my search on.
I am not a builder. I would only be looking to use for tip replacement, maybe some r&r of ferrules, shaft cleaning, etc…
If could use one to take shaft down in a diameter that would be a big plus but no needed.

Again, just looking for some advice.
Thanks to all who respond.
 
This question comes up alot and the answer really depends upon you.

Do some searching and reading and you'll find tons of information on different lathes and what they do. Personally, I'd rather not see another thread comparing lathes. They tend to turn into arguments and rarely bare fruit. If you're really interested, PM me and I'll give you my phone number and tell you what I know, although I've mainly paid attention to the cuebuilding models.

If you're a beginner, you should look into buying a book and/or videos on cuebuilding too/first.

Scott
 
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whats your budget????

my advice would be to buy a cue building lathe then you cant grow out of it and when you want to start doing conversions you can. becasue you will want to i promise lol

also PM me i might have a cue building lathe for sale soon.
 
twal said:
I am looking at buying a new or used lathe.
I was wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers on what to avoid or where I should focus my search on.
I am not a builder. I would only be looking to use for tip replacement, maybe some r&r of ferrules, shaft cleaning, etc…
If could use one to take shaft down in a diameter that would be a big plus but no needed.

Again, just looking for some advice.
Thanks to all who respond.
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I have a friend with a Joe Porper portable lathe for sale! In near new condition! I sent you a pm. Anyone interested pm me for details....
 
Thanks for the advice.
I think I need to do some more research and maybe fine tune my search.
This is 100% a hobbie for me. I enjoy just about everything about pool.
I have no intenstion of making money.
I just wanted to make sure what I buy is quality equipment.
I don't anyone to bad mouth anyone any other product.
If anyone wants to send me a PM to keep it quite, that would helpful.
Thanks
 
The Porper B model is an excellent lathe . The hightower and others are ok too . There's alot of tooling you have to get so good luck . Try before you buy if you can !!!:cool:
 
twal said:
I am looking at buying a new or used lathe.
I was wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers on what to avoid or where I should focus my search on.
I am not a builder. I would only be looking to use for tip replacement, maybe some r&r of ferrules, shaft cleaning, etc…
If could use one to take shaft down in a diameter that would be a big plus but no needed.

Again, just looking for some advice.
Thanks to all who respond.
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Thanks for the advice.
I think I need to do some more research and maybe fine tune my search.
This is 100% a hobbie for me. I enjoy just about everything about pool.
I have no intenstion of making money.
I just wanted to make sure what I buy is quality equipment.
I don't anyone to bad mouth anyone any other product.
If anyone wants to send me a PM to keep it quite, that would helpful.
Thanks


Well, your questions are alittle confusing as you want opinions, but not so that someone will be offended. Unfortunatley, opinions are the most biased answers known to man:grin-square: and therefore the most offensive to others at times. The only real answer to your questions are for YOU to spend a bit of your time, and use the search function, and actually read the results, and then make a decision Based on what you read. It won't take long to realize there is actually only 3 viable lathes to buy and the history of each seller, and it should be very clear which to avoid and why, and also which to buy and why. Any other path is just following someone else's decision, based on their perceptions, which sometimes can be clouded by the fact the lathe builder giving them prototypes to test for free, or gives them a cheaper price, not based on the fact that the person actually spending the same amount of money upfront that You, joe nobody, will have to put up. There are MANY threads asking the same questions, so finding enough info should not take you long. I do mean this in a helpful way, as the best help IMO, is to help you to help yourself to make a decision that you have to live with afterwards. There is much info on this site, just use the search function.
Good luck
Dave
 
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Dave38 said:
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Well, your questions are alittle confusing as you want opinions, but not so that someone will be offended. Unfortunatley, opinions are the most biased answers known to man:grin-square: and therefore the most offensive to others at times. The only real answer to your questions are for YOU to spend a bit of your time, and use the search function, and actually read the results, and then make a decision Based on what you read. It won't take long to realize there is actually only 3 viable lathes to buy and the history of each seller, and it should be very clear which to avoid and why, and also which to buy and why. Any other path is just following someone else's decision, based on their perceptions, which sometimes can be clouded by the fact the lathe builder giving them prototypes to test for free, or gives them a cheaper price, not based on the fact that the person actually spending the same amount of money upfront that You, joe nobody, will have to put up. There are MANY threads asking the same questions, so finding enough info should not take you long. I do mean this in a helpful way, as the best help IMO, is to help you to help yourself to make a decision that you have to live with afterwards. There is much info on this site, just use the search function.
Good luck
Dave
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TAP :thumbup:TAP:thumbup: TAP:thumbup:
 
How much room do you have for your machine? I have a different take, if you have the room, get a 12x36 or larger engine lathe. Tooling up a metal lathe does not cost much more than other options, plus you will be able to do much more with the larger, more stable lathe. The kicker is that you can buy the full sized metal lathe for the same as you would spend on cue-specific lathes.
 
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