Wood Lathe Review

Now you’re getting into the big stuff.

This impressive Powermatic Wood Lathewill handle 20″ plus bowls down to small pens and it has 42″ between centers giving you great versatility when it comes to deciding on projects.

With this lathe you can go into quality production and sell the items you turn out. Load them onto Ebay or such and start to get a return from your hobby.

That can’t be done with a mini lathe.

It has the power and speed control to do just about any wood turning project you wish. Heavy enough to put a kink in your back when assembling (so be CAREFUL) which means it won’t stutter across the floor under cutting pressure. Still not a bad idea to bolt down to the floor as with any lathe.

There’s so much to write about this lathe.

Here are parts from a couple of reviews over at Amazon. The people who bought this lathe just love it.

“If you want to turn little things get a little lathe but if you want to turn big things(and little things) then you should get this machine.”

“I’ve been using this lathe for over 2 years now and it sure is a heavyweight. I turn mostly bowls in the 14-20 inch diameter range and this is the machine to do it on.”

“I bought this lathe about a month ago. Super lathe–the Horse power and weight are well worth the extra cost.”

Have a read of all the features about this lathe and the full reviews from Band Saw Report

Best Wood Turning Tools

There are quite a number of woodworking lathe tools on the market and not all are the quality needed to turn out great projects. The type of steel will determine just how sharp you can get lathe chisels and if you can’t keep a chisel sharp, you’re going to end up with lots of chuncking and difficult to remove marks. These wood lathe turning tools are carbon steel and will retain that keen edge longer than cheap, low grade steel chisels.

The 800 by Great Neck is an 8 Piece Wood Turning Tool Set

The set are high carbon alloy tools.

Comes with season kiln-dried hardwood handles and plate ferrule.

The set is accurately ground, sharpened, hardened and tempered.

Blades are made of high quality forged tool steel, correctly hardened, ground with proper bevels, and polished.

Blades are securely fitted with long tangs into special designed natural finish hardwood handles.

Blades are 6 1 2″ long, handles are 10 1 2″ long.

Steelex Plus D2304 Deluxe HSS 6 Peice Lathe Chisel Set

This Deluxe Lathe Chisel Set features beefy ash handles for unsurpassed control, brass ferrules and high speed steel blades.

Includes:

17″ long 13/16″ Parting Tool

13/16″ Round Nose and 3/8″ Gouge

19″ long 1″ Skew

5/8″ Gouge and a 22 3/4″ long 3/8″ Gouge.

Comes in a beautiful red blow-molded carrying case