Fox Mini Lathe

Paddington · Post by **Paddington** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:06 am

Just picked up a nice little fox mini lathe: http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psProdDet.cgi/F46252.

I purchases mine off ebay for about half the price. Seems to be a nice little lathe. Anyone have any experience with this lathe?

kbadkar · Post by **kbadkar** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:08 pm

dead link?

Paddington · Post by **Paddington** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:12 pm

Try this: http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psProdDet.cgi/F46252

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:21 pm

Just my opinion, but I don't see the advantage of a mini wood lathe for pipemaking. I would imagine a lightweight machine like that would vibrate like crazy when trying to drill/bore an off-centre stummel. A mini metal lathe would be more useful, if only for stem making.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:46 pm

IMO, I'd call that a "true mini" wood lathe - and I agree it would be of dubious usefulness. However, it may work just fine if you can find a chuck that fits. It's significantly lighter duty than the 10x14 lathes out there - which are about as small as you'll want to go.

That Fox lathe is probably great for things like pen making though.