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[Woogie_man]

I am in the process of locating another lathe. I ended up running my old harbor freight lathe out and instead of putting money into it to repair I just tossed it. Now looking for another machine that will last a bit longer and be better over all.

Have located a nice Cincinnati lathe as well as an old sherline, but those would take up most of my garage. So looking for a little smaller, something to fit in my workshop.

Curious what you guys are running. I keep going back to the PM-1022V, and am open to other options as well.

 

[Woogie_man]

PM-1022V 10″x22″ / PM-1030V 10″x30″ Precision Lathes – Precision Matthews Machinery Co.

www.precisionmatthews.com

Here is one I am looking at, though facebook marketplace has a few full sized older machines. Have to figure out size and capacity that I will need.

 

[T3pRanch]

Precision Matthews is a good machine made in Taiwan.
I just upgraded from a Cummins 7X12 to a WM210V 8X16. Went from 3/4" bore to 38mm which lets me work on nearly anything airgun related. It also has a 1.5 horse brushless motor kit installed for a lot of power. Unfortunately it was dropped in shipment so it became a project lathe that cost me $100 rather than the $600 I paid (seller refunded $500). All in all I have about $450 in it now and am relatively pleased at this point. Still waiting on a thread dial indicator to complete the refurbishment.
Precision Matthews is a good machine made in Taiwan.

 

[pan60]

portal not what your looking for but i am a fan of the old HARDINGE HLV-H Super Precision Tool Room Lathes as well as some of the other older machines out there

 

[Woogie_man]

Yeah I love the old machines, just don't have room for them.

 

[pan60]

that sucks
if you was closer i would hook you up.
if you lived next door you could just stop in and use what here. i have some machines