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I wanted a new lathe to replace my Smart and Brown (South Bend 9 clone). I got frustrated at spending more time fixing the lathe than making projects, so went for a brand new lathe. I’ve had a few lathes in the past and based on frustration from those had a criteria of what I wanted. The main thing I wanted was a quick change gear box for threads as well as feeds. Changing gears for threading and feeds got frustrating to me (I don’t get lots of time to spend machining, so don’t want to spend any of that time changing gears). As it’s a new lathe I also got the follow rest and steady rest which I didn’t have for my S&B.
It cuts 0.25-5mm threads and 4-96 TPI straight from the gearbox (going from metric to imperial I would have to swap to the 127 gear tooth, but doubt I’ll do much imperial) and has a vast array of feed speeds directly from the gearbox too.
As it’s a gear head, it is louder than my previous lathes, but the gearbox for speeds is worth the noise. I understand that gear heads also give better torque.
My Warco GH600 - I’m very happy! I’m hoping that this lasts me quite a few years.
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It cuts 0.25-5mm threads and 4-96 TPI straight from the gearbox (going from metric to imperial I would have to swap to the 127 gear tooth, but doubt I’ll do much imperial) and has a vast array of feed speeds directly from the gearbox too.
As it’s a gear head, it is louder than my previous lathes, but the gearbox for speeds is worth the noise. I understand that gear heads also give better torque.
My Warco GH600 - I’m very happy! I’m hoping that this lasts me quite a few years.
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