I have been wanting a lathe for sometime. I can't really justify spending a lot of money on one. I have heard good things and bad things about the Harbor Freight type lathes. So I thought I would try and save money to get something better. Now I found a used Chinese lathe and would like to get peoples opinion on it
It is a JET BD 920n. The guy is asking $675.00 for it and the stand. From my research, it appears this is $1500.00 new and the stand is a few hundred more.
Given the limitations of these kinds of lathes, is this a good price to get my feet wet with lathe work?
Thanks
Karl