Oh forgot to mention it only has a 25mm hole through the spindle which can be a limiting factor? also the tailstock suffer from wear apart from that they are solid
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Oh forgot to mention it only has a 25mm hole through the spindle which can be a limiting factor? also the tailstock suffer from wear apart from that they are solid
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The yahoo group linked at the bottom is mine and very few in the uk have joined?
TOUR METAUX NEUF capacité de tournage 250mm Équipements Industriels Ille-et-Vilaine - leboncoin.fr
Tour a métaux Outillage - Matériaux 2nd-oeuvre Gard - leboncoin.fr
Tour a metaux CELTIC 12 banc court Équipements Industriels Pas-de-Calais - leboncoin.fr
Some more exaples of what I can find on Leboncoin.fr , The first one being new. I dont really want to spend more than 500 Euros for a complete machine.
Of those three the second (Star) lathe looks by far the nicest - most pricey too of course.
The first on your list is a generic Chinese hobby lathe - 125 kg, so a step up from a C3 but still no comparison to the big boys in the other links. Available from several sellers no doubt, for much the same price. For just a bit more money you could get the (heavier) Arc version with tooling bundle:
Model Super C6 Lathe - Arc Euro Trade
but it's twice your budget anyway...
You may be pushing it to get anything decent for 500 euros - maybe a plain turning lathe (without screwcutting capacity) perhaps? Or something very knackered. Or you might have to just get lucky (personal connections/putting word around locally might find you the best deal - I'm sure most sales don't get advertised.)
I would go snatch that Star up before it's gone, thats a very nice and capable Lathe for that money.
How about these if you are looking at more money?
Annonces Colchester tour Toute la France - leboncoin.fr
If you have the room?
Tour COLCHESTER MASCOT 1600 Équipements Industriels Haute-Savoie - leboncoin.fr
Much smaller
Tour à metaux colchester 5x20 chipmaster Bricolage Ille-et-Vilaine - leboncoin.fr
Better still don't mess around and get a CNC lathe
Tour numerique Équipements Industriels Ardèche - leboncoin.fr
Bloody hell that Emco's cheap It's almost worth a trip to France.!!