Is This A Decient Buy For This Lathe?

[Paul Douglass]

I found this listed on Craigs list. Looks like a good price to me but I do not know a whole lot about these. What say you?

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/tls/338209111.html

[Keith Burns]

Yup, thats a good price IMHO. I owned the same lathe for 2 or 3 years. Solid and reliable. Make sure the step pulley in the headstock is okay. If bearings are needed you can get them at a local supply house.

[Stephen Hibbs]

We have a bunch of those at my school's shop and they're tanks. Another thing to consider is that with that, you can probably sell it again for about the same price when you upgrade too (90% chance you will too). Not the best lathe, but a solid beginning lathe and easy to turn back over.

[Curt Fuller]

I turn on an old Oliver 159 which is probably from the same era and was the other standard school lathe. They're sturdy workhorses and if you have the room they're a lot of lathe for the money. You'll not go wrong and I think for the money you'll be much more satisfied with something like this than with a comparably price Chinese import.

[Paul Douglass]

Thanks for the input. Again I'm to slow...GONE!