Clarke Metal Lathe Reviews

I wonder if anyone here has any experience running clark not clarke lathes.

Clarke metal lathe reviews.

Clarkes professional 6 speed lathe is a solidly engineered lathe that has all the features required for a professional workshop at a price which makes it attractive for the home enthusiast too. All topics latest posts. 143 forum posts 4 photos. It s a new clark 1440 lathe with a lot of tooling.

Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Select your cookie preferences. All donations trader s subscriptions and the little advertising revenue generated goes straight back into maintaining server hardware to ensure the site runs quickly and smoothly with a substantial amount of money coming from my own pocket money that i would far rather spend on building my car. A metal lathe is a complicated machine full of gears and screws that need to remain 100 accurate.

So build quality and suitable materials used in manufacturing the lathe are very important. According to a seller the castings are chinese but everything else is made in taiwan. The powerful motor and choice of six forward reverse speeds give you the ability to work on a wide variety of metals. In thread title in dave harding 1.

I found an interesting item. I bought an old lathe and i want to replace it with something sturdier and bigger that comes with some decent tooling. I operate locostbuilders in my spare time as nothing more than a labour of love. I am thinking of buying a clarke cl430 as my first lathe any pitfalls any alternatives with a similiar spec for the same kind of money.

Clarke cl430 metal lathe. At 6000 new it seems like an awful lot of lathe for the money. The clark lathes are a taiwan import have been around for 10 or so years. I am wondering if anyone here knows anything about them.