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I’m sorry to say, but if you offered the 9A and or 9C to me for free, I would not take them. I have been around the block. Been there and done that kinda thing. I no longer want any frustrations that go along with lathes that have idiosyncrasies. If I had limited space and short on time. I would get the best newer working lathe with bells and whistles and be done with it. Use it and enjoy it. And not play around with repairing anything about it to maybe make it work. I have 10 generations of hobby shop projects and only one lifetime to do it in. Maybe some folks have it in their cards to do this sort of lathe entertainment, I do not. Sorry, my three cents…Dave.
If the lathe has any of the below, I don’t want it…
It has change gears that are stored in a draw
It uses a belt just like you wear around your waist
The chuck will smash your toes if the lathe is run in reverse
It turns a taper, but the lathe does not have a taper attachment
The spindle turns so slow, you think you’re looking at a second hand
You wonder why the longitudinal feed handle is way over on the right end of the bed
You can’t find any carriage power feed, maybe longitudinal, but that’s not good enough
The bed is made out of aluminum or something other than a good grade of cast iron.
The jib shims/wedges are plastic
I think we all got your opinion the first time, but since no one responded, you had to hit harder. Its great that you are in such a position in life. Do you have anything positive to say? Anything even relevant to the topic? Or you just like poking jabs at others that are not up to your standards?