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I phoned both Warco & chester to ask about the lathes I am considering, but not overly impressed by their enthusiasm, when I adked Chester about the differences of their model to the equivalent Warco, they told me it had plastic gears........tumbleweed moment......OK well thanks for making up my...

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Thanks for the reply, Actually, probably anything new & Chinese would be better than the clapped out British lathe I had 18 years ago, but I appreciate what you are saying. Buying a new western made lathe is prohibitive on cost, buying secondhand is just such a minefield, although I learned a...

Thank you for your feedback. I am gravitating towards warco or Chester, not everyone reviewing them is happy with their service but at least they are physically present in the UK, should things go wrong. I will have a look at the other UK suppliers you mentioned :)

Hello everybody, I am a long standing fettler that used to restore motorbikes but I have moved on to other more diverse projects projects now, similar to model making. After the disastrous ownership of a very old S/H lathe that I could never get to work accurately I have decided to buy a new...

Hi, did you get this lathe?? I am looking at this one on Ebay for £888 or the Warco wm180 which seems out of stock at present :( looking at comments all on the Web, what I can say about service is Warco will at least most likely be there if their lathe needs any repair or otherwise parts. I...