Danno,
Jack Barker told me about 30 years ago that no man should be without a lathe. HE WAS RIGHT!
I first bought a small Emco lathe which soon turned out to be too small.
Years alter I had the chance to buy a squarehead Colchester Student, best thing I ever bought as it easily cuts imperial and metric threads. I use it at least once a week and I simply couldn't be without a lathe now, not for bikes only but for many other jobs around the house, garden, cars etc..
Go for the right size from a start, another lesson from Peter Volkers : They are never too big, they are always to small. I got the 25 inch version and it's ok for me, I would have preferred the 40 inches, but I simply didn't have the space.
Bernd
Jack Barker told me about 30 years ago that no man should be without a lathe. HE WAS RIGHT!
I first bought a small Emco lathe which soon turned out to be too small.
Years alter I had the chance to buy a squarehead Colchester Student, best thing I ever bought as it easily cuts imperial and metric threads. I use it at least once a week and I simply couldn't be without a lathe now, not for bikes only but for many other jobs around the house, garden, cars etc..
Go for the right size from a start, another lesson from Peter Volkers : They are never too big, they are always to small. I got the 25 inch version and it's ok for me, I would have preferred the 40 inches, but I simply didn't have the space.
Bernd