Although I haven't seen that lathe for
sale, there were two locally that you
can browse the ads for. Maybe that'll
give you some basis of comparison. These
ads are from Ottawa Canada.
http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-Wood-Turning-Lathe-W0QQAdIdZ32975142
and
http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-Rockwell-woodworking-lathe-W0QQAdIdZ35683669
The second one has some tools included.
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Tanus
This is not really a sig.
I would sure take another look at that first one. It is a dead ringer
for the 46-111. It may be a variant, but that is essentially the same
lathe.
The reason you don't see that old lathe anymore is that they quit
making them about 30 years ago when Rockwell got out of the medium
sized shop tools and went to a mix of all professional heavy duty
tools, and all consumer junk.
Robert
Thank you for your suggestions and input. I really appreciate it. I
think, unless the seller comes down with his asking price to around
$100, I'm going to look elsewhere. I'm new to using lathes and don't
have a lot of money but I also don't want to pay $350 for something
that is over 30 years old and possibly a piece of junk.
Thanks again,
Gary
SNIP
Gary - I am sure we are all glad to help as we can. But if you are
still following this, get over to the woodturning newsgroup:
rec.crafts.woodturning
It is carried by just about everyone and is dedicated to turning. The
archives are great and are easily searchable with Google.
Robert
Thank your the heads up. At your suggestion I am now a subscriber ot
rec.crafts.woodturning. I'll look around and see what I can find.
Gary