Reviews on the hafco mini lathe el-14v-mini wood lathe

[Chri8.05]

Hello I am a Woodturner I’ve been Woodturning on a Vicmarc lathe for quit some time now at my local club. I am in need of buying a lathe to get started at home I do own an old Durden but that is manual belt change and you need tools to move the tailstock and banjo, my budget is $1000 for everything I was going to purchase
the hafco mini lathe

WL-14V - Mini Wood Lathe

The lathe is $572 including gst or around $472 near the eofy sale the lathe is equiped with variable speed and has a .75 HP motor, does any body have any experience with this lathe and suggestions on other brands by chance?

i was going to go with the hamlet 6 piece boxed set from timber it’s for around $220 the reason why I will chose these tools is because I like the way the handles feel sure the steel and the grinds on the tool are important, but I suppose if you don’t like the way the handle feels you won’t want to work with it one day I would like to upgrade to Thompson tool steel obviously.

(so far my total price is $692 with sales on)

i suppose you you need a way to sharpen the tools to do I may go with the Carbatec Wide Stone Bench Grinder- With LED Light | Sharpening Machines - Carbatec (https://www.carbatec.com.au/wide-stone-grinder-6-old-code-ct-wsg?SearchId=7350569&SearchPos=6) is this a good grinder?? It seems good on the website? If any one owns this one and has suggestion please share. Th price for the grinder is $150

(now my price is $842 with the eofy sales)

Now I need a hug to sharpen my gouges I’ve heard many good things from this one Oneway Wolverine Grinding Jig (https://www.rockler.com/oneway-wolverine-grinding-jig) the one way jig from rockler with in the budget and will be a lifetime investment sitting at $158 hopefully this jig works for what I need

(The final price is $1000 aud on the knocker)

you may notice that I haven’t included a chuck among all this I’ve been turning in between centres for ages and have needed a chuck, yet but the chuck I was going to go with is inebriate of the Vicmarc chucks around $250. again another lifetime investment and I’m only 14 so yeah that should lathe a while ok it taken me 30 minutes to write this and do the research but yeah any advice respond back.

,regards Chris

[samo]

I suspect this lathe would be very similar if not the same as the Sherwood EVS mini lathe.

https://www.timbecon.com.au/450-x-300mm-mini-woodlathe-electronic-variable-speed

I bought this lathe as my first lathe and until turning my first pen a few weeks ago I had never used a lathe in my life. I really like the lathe, not that I have anything to compare it to, but the speed control is smooth and it turns true. Plenty of accessories available, including bed extensions if ever needed.

Changing belt location takes less than a minute and is not at all tricky. The only thing that bugs me a little is the range of the tail stock. I cant drill through a pen blank without having to stop the lathe and advancing the entire tail stock. Other than that it seems to perform as it should.

[mitch59]

with a short lathe bed, i use stubby drill bits