User Evaluation/Reviews on PSI Turncrafter Commander

[Ron McKinley]

Thanks Clint. I had not seen the reviews on the PSI site. Good info.

Bill, your experience mirrors mine with the 46-460. No problems at all and plenty of power.

I don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about the PSI machine since I haven't found anything on any of the forums. We've got another two weeks to go before we take a vote so I'll keep looking. Thanks all.........Ron

[Lupe Duncan]

There is a thread on the Penturners forum, penturners.org, thread number 73121, which contains a review and comments. It may be helpful to you.

I have the delta and love the thing. Upgraded from Rocklers Excelsior. The x is a nice start up for the price.

[Ron McKinley]

Thanks Lupe. Interesting thread........Ron

[Scott T Smith]

Ron, a recent issues of FWW had a comparison of midi lathes. I think that it was an issue 2 - 3 months ago. They rated the Delta 46-460 as the Editor's choice, and the PSI Turncrafter Pro as the "Best Value". From reading the article, the PSI sounded like a very nice unit for the $. The Delta had a bit more torque (PSI was #2 in the torque rankings), and the benefit of reverse.

[Chris Stolicky]

I would also taken into consideration the warranty that comes with the lathe and the customer service you will likely receive in the case that something does go awry.

[Ron McKinley]

Thanks Scott. I'll try to track that issue of FWW down.

Chris, you're right about customer service. I've never had a problem with Delta and I have no experience with PSI.......Ron