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11-05-2009, 09:38 AM
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| | Jet Mini or Delta Midi Lathe? Name: Mike City: Clemmons State: NC County: Forsyth Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 26  11-05-2009, 09:38 AM
What should i buy? They are both within 20$ of each other. Appear to be about the same specs. Any advice would be appreciated.
I bought the cheap hf 14x40 with disc sander a year ago... I dont want to make another bad decision on the next lathe | | Views: 338 | |
11-05-2009, 08:39 PM
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Name: Andy City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.53 over 180 days | Re: Jet Mini or Delta Midi Lathe?
There is something missing from this thread. What do you want to do with it? What are planning to turn? Pens? Bathtubs? OK, prolly something in between. What? |  
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11-05-2009, 08:44 PM
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Name: Mike City: Clemmons State: NC County: Forsyth Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 26 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 0.93 over 180 days | Re: Jet Mini or Delta Midi Lathe?
Originally Posted by CarvedTones  There is something missing from this thread. What do you want to do with it? What are planning to turn? Pens? Bathtubs? OK, prolly something in between. What? LOL... not Bathtubs.  Pens, small bowls, stuff like that. Nothing to large | |
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11-05-2009, 09:09 PM
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Name: Fred City: franklinton State: nc County: franklin Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.84 over 180 days | Re: Jet Mini or Delta Midi Lathe?
Originally Posted by mbeach LOL... not Bathtubs. Pens, small bowls, stuff like that. Nothing to large
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11-05-2009, 09:26 PM
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Name: Wayne City: Morganton State: NC County: Burke Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.88 over 180 days | Re: Jet Mini or Delta Midi Lathe?
I've had my Jet 1014 for quite a while. Never a problem. The Jet 1014 is great for small stuff, wish I had the variable speed model though. Have it mounted on the Jet stand, have a Midi chuck and enjoy the setup tremendously! For bigger things, I keep my wishes up for a Powermatic in the future. I am sure I would keep the jet also. | |
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11-06-2009, 09:07 PM
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Name: Mike City: Clemmons State: NC County: Forsyth Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 26 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 0.93 over 180 days | Re: Jet Mini or Delta Midi Lathe?
Originally Posted by redhawknc1 I've had my Jet 1014 for quite a while. Never a problem. The Jet 1014 is great for small stuff, wish I had the variable speed model though. Have it mounted on the Jet stand, have a Midi chuck and enjoy the setup tremendously! For bigger things, I keep my wishes up for a Powermatic in the future. I am sure I would keep the jet also. Which Midi chuck do you have? | |
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11-06-2009, 10:50 PM
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Name: Wayne City: Morganton State: NC County: Burke Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.88 over 180 days | Re: Jet Mini or Delta Midi Lathe?
I have the Nova Precision Midi Chuck...picked it up on sale at Woodcraft after I bought the lathe. It stays on the lathe almost all the time. | |
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11-06-2009, 11:04 PM
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Name: Guy Belleman City: Troutdale State: VA County: Grayson Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 3.69 over 180 days | Which lathes do the prices apply to??
Mr. Beach, you quoted prices of $200 for the Delta and $225 for the Jet. I am supposing these are the belt versions and not the variable speed versions. Both are good machines.
Most have suggested looking at the variable speed versions. Those prices will be higher. If I was looking at a new midi-lathe, I would probably look at the PSI Turncrafter VS for $230. It has the same specifications. The Delta and Jet VS versions will run quite a bit more. Personally, I don't mind changing the belt, but VS is a nice feature. The Grizzly 0657 at $325 seems also a good deal for a VS.
I would look at machines that have the standard measurements and accept the typical chucks, etc. (such as; #2 tapers and 1"x8tpi headstock thread).
Good luck. | |
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11-07-2009, 10:18 AM
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Name: Andy City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.53 over 180 days | Re: Which lathes do the prices apply to??
I posted a suggestion about VS earlier and had an example of why ocur last night that I thought I would pass along. I was turning a big rough spindle blank. It ended up as a cylinder of 3" or so about 16" long. It started as a rough split that was out of balance. During the ealy roughing, I found that at below 850 it had a vibration that was trying to walk the stand around the garage and abov 900 it developed a harmonic sort of vibration that was almost as bad. After the first pass at 875, I could increase it on each pass until I soon had a cylinder and was in the teens. If you plan to use rough timber, you will find VS nearly essential, IMO. If you can mill the wood to accurate spec first that helps, but some pieces are going to be out of balance. | |
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