lathe

There are couple reviews here. You might PM those folks for information. Went to amazon.com, reviewers either love or hate it!

http://lumberjocks.com/reviews/product/1603

-- Bill

Wood mag just reviewed that lathe, I’ll leave it to you to decide whether to trust their findings. Their complaints were slipping drive belt resulting in low torque, the banjo, and indexing head. Overall it rated poorly against the other lathes and was also the most expensive. And it’s a General International, not a General; GI is the Asian knockoff version of General. Considering the Jet and Delta are less expensive, what draws you to this lathe?

-- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/

I got the general lathe it is the best lathe that I have the belt has not slipped and i have done a lot of turning on it in the last 5 mouths it is the best

-- Robert Ajax Ont. keep on turning

I have a G 25-200MI. not a bad tool. Never a problem with slipping belts. I don’t care for the lack of slack when tightening/loosening the banjo or tail stock. Especially when slipping the tail stock back on the bed. Lots of power, revisable, Reversible head is kinda nice. Seems pretty much most power tools have their pros and cons.

-- Mark