which lathe to go with new Bridgeport

[indy4x]

Just looked at the Omnispeed blurb on lathes.co.uk, if you can find a good one then buy it

Omnispeed, Omnitool & Omniturn Lathes

Elliot Cardiff Major, Senior, Prefect, Crusader, <br>Omnipspeed, Omnitool & Omniturn Lathes

www.lathes.co.uk

 

[Smouser]

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my lathe does everything i need, but reading the specs on an elliott omnispeed has give me the wants

Here is the thread on my Omnispeed.

Elliott OMNISPEED lathe

While on the hunt for a donor machine to potentially get some parts for my Elliot Progress 3A drill I came across an Elliott Omnispeed lathe. @RobCox was in the process of making replacement gears for my Warco lathe and sent him some pictures of the drill and a couple of photos of the lathe just...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

You may find it interesting to scroll through it.

 

[David_W]

Having gone through the same recently, as a sample of 1 I went for a Colchester Triumph, from Stueeee on here. £700 including delivery got the lathe with 3/4 jaw chucks, big faceplate and a fixed steady. About £150 got a quick change tool post from AliExpress and not necessary, but about another £150 got a digital read out which might get fitted soon. A lot of lathe for the money and well in your budget.
This one has 48" between centres which I liked, but with the increased spindle bore compared to the 9x20 it replaced I don't use it as much as I thought. Also the top speed is a bit low for carbide and small parts, not that it stops me using it anyway

 

[Mikes]

Just looked at the Omnispeed blurb on lathes.co.uk, if you can find a good one then buy it

Omnispeed, Omnitool & Omniturn Lathes

Elliot Cardiff Major, Senior, Prefect, Crusader, <br>Omnipspeed, Omnitool & Omniturn Lathes

www.lathes.co.uk

I know of an Elliot in a workshop that for years has sat unused and barely visible due to the mountain of clutter on it. Obviously never used and one day I hope to persuade the owner to part with it. You don't see many around and this one is less than ten miles away from me.

 

[doubleboost]

I love my Harrison 140 ticks all the boxes .
I could not go back to a lathe with no clutch .