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Is this the Festool of Lathes? - dg152 - 10-13-2015
Noticed this on the Nashville craigslist site. Thought at first the price was a misprint. After a little research it appears that this is actually a reasonable price. And, I'm pretty sure that this lathe does more than just turn pens.
For that kind of money I could buy -- heck, I could buy everything in my shop new and still go on the vacation of a lifetime!
Give it a look:
https://nashville.craigslist.org/tls/5220714983.html
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - Shop Dad - 10-13-2015
Wow, Rolls Royce of lathes might be more apropos. Looked like five rows of indexing holes in one gear and seven in another. That's quite an interesting piece.
Doug
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - PhilJoines - 10-13-2015
Yes, that's what they go for.
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - thewizzard - 10-13-2015
Ornamental turnings can be quite spectacular. There are far less expensive options than this
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - fredhargis - 10-14-2015
If I only had Bill Gates' money. Cool....
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - SteveS - 10-14-2015
James Harris has long been doing ornamental turned boxes with african blackwood and other timbers. Fantastic examples of what can be done with one of those machines. I can only marvel at them.
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - Arlin Eastman - 10-14-2015
That is more then a Rose Engine Lathe which is almost the same thing.
They did build a nice lathe there tho but to me personally I would get a lathe and the Rose Engine Lathe for a lot less.
But that could be used for many things including small metal lathe too
Arlin
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - SawDat - 10-14-2015
He wants cash.
That will be one fat wad of bills to carry around.
Be sure to bring some guards along.
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - BloomingtonMike - 10-14-2015
Why wouldn't you just buy any commonly available metal lathe? It would be twice the lathe that is for a fraction of the price. Looks nice for a wood lathe but meh in metal lathe features and size/mass. That money would buy a used HAAS TL1 CNC lathe.
Re: Is this the Festool of Lathes? - Arlin Eastman - 10-14-2015
Mike
It is combined with a Rose Engine Lathe and not even close to a regular metal lathe.
Google Rose Engine lathe and you will be surprised what it does. I know I would love to have one but a regular one costs about 2k
Arlin