It's a good lathe, I had one for a little while before I got a killer deal on my current one. It's a JET clone and people have said that side by side they are nearly identical EXCEPT the motor on the JET is of relatively higher quality. If you're starting out, I can't see a better lathe to buy than looking on Craigslist.
I turned my first several hundred bowls on an even cheaper HF lathe and my most recent several hundred were turned on this one. The motor burned out almost immediately, but I didn't much care as it was underpowered anyway and I just added an motor off to the side.
Please email me at [email protected] and give me your address and I will send you some coupons. I have more than I could ever use.
----that's a bit far for me to go, & shipping would eat any benefit in price. Oh well.
