I'm in a position to purchase another lathe..........
Im thinking large bore typically 35mm....has tumbler reverse for lh screw cutting and a decent centre to centre distance IRO 600-700mm.
Now I already have 2 lathes, a Sieg C3 (super model with brushless motor and tumbler reverse) and a Chester 9*20.
I have a couple of candidates in mind but
justification is my problem.
1) Is a larger bore necessary? I haven't used material in the lathe any bigger than what I can already accommodate in both current lathes.
2) Tumbler reverse, haven't needed it for screw cutting as yet, but the C3 cold probably accommodate this....
3) C to C, the C3 is what 12-14 inches and the Chester is 20....I've not needed to turn any long lengths of bar yet.....
This is really a nice to have item but justifying the purchase of £2k's worth of lathe is hard.....I could buy lots of material and tooling ( not that there's much I need in the way of tools....)
So fella's what is your opinion ?
Mebbe if say I went for the Chester Craftsman at £2250 or the Toolco offering at £2200.....both include stand/delivery....but the Craftsman comes with a 2 axis DRO, that's the sweetener for me although it doesn't have the vfd that the Toolco unit has ( but I could do a retrofit....

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