Thread: Ideas On Improvised Lathe???

If you do some checking a lot of times you can get a 25% off coupon for Harbor Freight items which would bring their 10" x 18" lathe (Central machinery Model #65345) down quite a bit in price. Its the lathe I have, its heavy duty, there have been a few flaws that I've had to over come but an all around decent lathe especially for the price.

I also have their bigger 14" x 40" lathe (Central Machinery Model #67690) that is lower in price but it not as heavy duty. I did turn a full sized ball bat on it.