Bench lathe -opinions sought

[magicniner]

Have a look through Lathes.co.uk and see if you can pick up a good old one. Stay away from that myford crap though.

In a strangely uninformed way he's right, the Myfords do tend to sell for far more than they're worth.
That said almost all the arguments against a decent Super 7 at the right price for hobby use are based on lack of turning experience or simple inability to setup a job on a lathe.

- Nick