SIP lathes

[howlingbaboon]

Hi all,

So my plans to buy a second hand AWVSL1000 fell through unfortunately. I'm tempted to get a new one but the 3 week backlog is frustrating as I don't own a lathe yet. I stumbled upon these SIP lathes a few times while browsing but don't really know much about them or their reputation. Thoughts?

http://cpc.farnell.com/sip/01940/wood-lathe-14-x-43/dp/TL19221?mckv=gscDb0I5_dm|pcrid|74629370943699|kword||match||plid||pid|TL19221|&CMP=KNC-MUK-CPC-SHOPPING&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=M-490-Shopping-Tools%20and%20Maintenance&utm_term=4578228982947310&utm_content=Ladders,%20Lifting%20%26%20Trucks

Cheers
Dave

[fuzzyturns]

In my opinion they should only be considered if you are an occasional turner. If you intend to push them to the limit or if you intend to spend a lot of time on your lathe, I would not go down that road. The quality simply isn't there (not surprising for that money, TBH).
This is definitely a case of "it only hurts once". Spend a little more and you have a much wider range of decent machines.

[seventhdevil]

i used to have one of these https://www.sipuk.co.uk/sip-48-variable-speed-swivel-head-wood-lathe-230v-01490.html and thought that they were fairly good but fuzzy is correct for the most part about the qualuty not being there.

i did lots of heavy duty work on mine but you do notice the difference once you get a good quality lathe. i moved up to a jet 3520B.


these were the biggest items i turned and it was too much thinking back. the lathe wobbled quite a bit but it was on a flexible wooden floor.