Clarke Metal Lathe Reviews

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I am thinking of buying a clarke cl430 as my first lathe any pitfalls any alternatives with a similiar spec for the same kind of money. Select your cookie preferences. All donations trader s subscriptions and the little advertising revenue generated goes straight back into maintaining server hardware to ensure the site runs quickly and smoothly with a substantial amount of money coming from my own pocket money that i would far rather spend on building my car. So build quality and suitable materials used in manufacturing the lathe are very important.

I am wondering if anyone here knows anything about them. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. 143 forum posts 4 photos. According to a seller the castings are chinese but everything else is made in taiwan.

I found an interesting item. In thread title in dave harding 1. At 6000 new it seems like an awful lot of lathe for the money. You can never tell when looking at a metal lathe what kind of quality has gone into the materials used and the machining.

Clarkes professional 6 speed lathe is a solidly engineered lathe that has all the features required for a professional workshop at a price which makes it attractive for the home enthusiast too. It s a new clark 1440 lathe with a lot of tooling. I sent the seller a question and i received this info. Clark sells 14 x 40 machines.

The clark lathes are a taiwan import have been around for 10 or so years. I operate locostbuilders in my spare time as nothing more than a labour of love. I bought an old lathe and i want to replace it with something sturdier and bigger that comes with some decent tooling. A metal lathe is a complicated machine full of gears and screws that need to remain 100 accurate.