Gunkie;
I have had the Harbor Freight 14x40 Lathe for just over a year now.( Paid $99,00 for it and it paid for itself inside of a couple months. It comes with a 4 point drive center and a faceplate for larger turnings, and get this,up to 12" diameters are possible.I know it claims to be able to accomadate diameters up to 14 inches, but trust me when I say that it starts getting a little bit "chattering" when I do over 12 inch. It is also has 4 speeds but very rarely do I use it any faster than the slowest speed. I have managed to make every internal component that you can possibly imagine with this lathe including boat tails, transitions, and nosecones in several types of wood ranging from soft as balsa to hard as oak. Make sure you get yourself a "good" set of wood chisels or"gouges" as they're refered to and when they start to get dull you can just sharpen them on the Disc sander on the left-hand side of the spindle.( Did I forget to mention that the Disc Sander also comes with it? Silly me :->...) You can also purchase and attach a Morse#2 taper Drill chuck to the tail stock so as to drill those "perfect" center holes.......Have fun..
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