Re: Outdoor Welding

On 6/30/2025 1:30 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103uq0s$2br94$1@dont-email.me...
 I use the foot brake for a lot of that sort of work.  When I step
partway down it kills the motor, and the rest of the way engages a
mechanical brake.  The only little hiccup, is my brain baulks at having
to turn the lever off and back on again, until my hand feels its already
on.
Bob La Londe
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I agree that a modern industrial lathe is better if you can justify the investment. The obsolete ones with threaded spindles and leather belt drives can still be useful in a home hobby shop, or to experiment and invent if no longer to efficiently make a product for profit.
 

Matt would be glad to hear you call it that.  The PM1440ELB is what I would consider a heavy hobby or prosumer lathe.  The big thing for me was the larger spindle bore (2in (50.8mm)) than any other lathe in its size class.  They make some that I would consider industrial in their tool room lathes, but there is a substantial jump in price.  That being said there is has been a substantial jump in price even for the PM1440ELB.  When I bought mine a few years back it was a little under 5 grand, now its selling right at 9 grand. https://www.precisionmatthews.com/products/pm-1440e-lb-lathe-inventory-here
Their precision tool room lathes cost a wee bit more:
https://www.precisionmatthews.com/collections/lathes/products/pm-tlseries
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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