i have been looking for a minilathe for a while now, and have finally decided to buy one. The two i have been looking at are the busybee 7x8 for $699cdn or the house of tools 7x12 for $895cdn.
http://www.houseoftools.com/product.htm?pid=18461 http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/pictu...&NTITEM=B1979C
i would like the bigger one, but house of tools has not been very customer friendly. at first, they told me that they ordered one for me from another store, and they would give it to me for $799, and it would be here boxing day. Now today, (the 27th) they tell me that it hasnt been ordered yet, and the price is $895. also, the only one they can get is a display model from another store and it may not be here any time soon, they could not give me a date.
i have a little lathe knowledge, and would like to use it mostly for small hobby stuff, and a little for auto stuff. I also prefer to work in metric, which is why i want to go with the house of tools lathe, because it has the digital read outs.
i would like to get it locally (in calgary) and fairly soon. so if anyone has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks;
Danny