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I am considering a Sieg SC8 from DroPros
http://www.dropros.com/DRO_PROS_Sieg_SC8_Lathe.htm
This seems to be about the only alternative to the PM1030 (except the over priced BT1030A from the scary Bolton people).
It has a potentially deal breaking issue though with the spindle mount.
You can see some images of the spindle mount here
http://www.mini-lathe.com/reviews/Lathes/Sieg_C8/C8.htm
It looks a bit dodgy to me, but it might be fine.
Does any one here have any experience with this lathe?
I called DroPros and was told that the spindle mount was proprietary to Sieg. But he also told me that it had a metric lead screw (it turns out it does not), and that a metric lead screw cuts perfect Imperial threads (which is nonsense).
All they carry are Sieg 4jaw scroll chucks (which are rumored to be crap), no independent chucks. They do not carry any faceplate adaptors. I was told that they leave the little stuff like that to LMS.
So I called LMS and they have no clue what the spindle mount is, but they hope to get something together by this summer, maybe.
I could only find two reviews of the lathe online. One is on the mini-lathe.com site, and the author mostly just gushed over how massive and solid the machine is (such is the life of a mini-lathe user lol).
The other was from a guy who never bothered with the chuck and just mounted up a collet system.
I despise proprietary designs for critical parts on principle. To make matters worse, DroPros seems to be the only North American distributor of this machine, and I do not trust them to keep selling them. As it stands now, the only way to get an adaptor plate is to buy a 4jaw chuck and take the adaptor off it.
Any light on the mystery would be greatly appreciated.
-Josh
I am considering a Sieg SC8 from DroPros
http://www.dropros.com/DRO_PROS_Sieg_SC8_Lathe.htm
This seems to be about the only alternative to the PM1030 (except the over priced BT1030A from the scary Bolton people).
It has a potentially deal breaking issue though with the spindle mount.
You can see some images of the spindle mount here
http://www.mini-lathe.com/reviews/Lathes/Sieg_C8/C8.htm
It looks a bit dodgy to me, but it might be fine.
Does any one here have any experience with this lathe?
I called DroPros and was told that the spindle mount was proprietary to Sieg. But he also told me that it had a metric lead screw (it turns out it does not), and that a metric lead screw cuts perfect Imperial threads (which is nonsense).
All they carry are Sieg 4jaw scroll chucks (which are rumored to be crap), no independent chucks. They do not carry any faceplate adaptors. I was told that they leave the little stuff like that to LMS.
So I called LMS and they have no clue what the spindle mount is, but they hope to get something together by this summer, maybe.
I could only find two reviews of the lathe online. One is on the mini-lathe.com site, and the author mostly just gushed over how massive and solid the machine is (such is the life of a mini-lathe user lol).
The other was from a guy who never bothered with the chuck and just mounted up a collet system.
I despise proprietary designs for critical parts on principle. To make matters worse, DroPros seems to be the only North American distributor of this machine, and I do not trust them to keep selling them. As it stands now, the only way to get an adaptor plate is to buy a 4jaw chuck and take the adaptor off it.
Any light on the mystery would be greatly appreciated.
-Josh