Lathe Question?

[rtsj]

I've been playing around with the idea of picking up a wood lathe and do some playing around. Found a Ridgid WL1200 in excellent shape with couple tools and a 4 jaw chuck for 200 bucks. And a Craftsman 12 inch bandsaw that the head tilts to 45 degrees in great condition as well for 175. Are these good machines at decent prices? Thanks for the input. Roy

[MarkJM]

the craftsman bandsaw is a steal for that price. as for the lathe, i have never heard of a Ridgid, all of my tools are craftsman. I will have to look it up and get back to you one this one.

[MarkJM]

Of course I have heard of Ridgid! just took me a second to think. I just got done reading some great reviews on them. people say they turn nicely and have good speed controls. Also easy assamble and take down from what I have read. I would look into it more and read some reviews.

[Wolfpack]

We had a Rigid lathe in the shop a few years back ,it had Moorse 1 Tapers
and used rails instead of having a cast bed. The 1" TPI spindel and
Moorse 2 seems to be more common and could save you from
retooling later on.
Just my thoughts.
Dewey