Roger Wiegand
Beta Tester
Got this ad this morning for a new brand of lathe I hadn't seen before ITech Lathe
Seems like a pretty hefty lathe (550 lbs) at an expensive but not breathtaking price. The new gimmick is a motorized sliding bed-- the closed footprint is fairly compact, but then you can double the distance between centers from 20 to 40" and increase the swing from 23 to 31" at the push of a button.
Gimmick or the next hot thing?
Seems like a pretty hefty lathe (550 lbs) at an expensive but not breathtaking price. The new gimmick is a motorized sliding bed-- the closed footprint is fairly compact, but then you can double the distance between centers from 20 to 40" and increase the swing from 23 to 31" at the push of a button.
Gimmick or the next hot thing?