# Looking for good lathe recommendations.
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [August 21, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213 "2013-08-21T03:58:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/1 "2013-08-21T03:58:03Z")
I’m looking for recommendations on a lathe, I have one now but will be upgrading in the future to something with more power.
So any good metal lathes that have/come with
- 3 jaw chuck
-3/4 hp motor, or more
- speeds up to 2000 rpm
* * *
And preferably under the price of $$$$$2,300$$$$$
Any suggestions would help!
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### Author:  [@ShiiFtyy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShiiFtyy)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/2 "2013-08-21T06:38:02Z")
Here’s a Lathe Buying Guide found from a Sticky. It might be to of some interest to you 🙂
> **[Lathe Buying Guide (please sticky?)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,8538.0.html)**
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> Ok, I get this question A LOT… and a while back I finally just wrote a guide for it… I finally figured I should share with everyone else. The question of course is “What do I need, why, and how much does it cost?” The following is based on the...
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/3 "2013-08-22T02:32:41Z")
> [@ShiiFtyy](#):
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> Here’s a Lathe Buying Guide found from a Sticky. It might be to of some interest to you 🙂
> [Lathe Buying Guide (please sticky?) - Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance - YoYoExpert](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,8538.0.html)
looking for somthing a little bigger with more power, thanks for the help otherwise!
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### Author:  [@ShiiFtyy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShiiFtyy)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/4 "2013-08-22T02:48:54Z")
Good luck on your search! 🙂
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### Author:  [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/5 "2013-08-22T03:09:54Z")
Precision Matthews, Little Machine Shop and another that I can’t remember are in and under your price range.
If I think of the other name I’ll put it up.
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### Author:  [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/6 "2013-08-22T03:17:47Z")
Bailegh, Bolton, Grizzly all sell their own version(s).
Most of the time its the same model just trimmed out differently.
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### Author:  [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/7 "2013-08-22T03:52:04Z")
Jet makes some bench lathes that would work.
This is basically your specs exactly…
[http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product\_200399672\_200399672](http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200399672_200399672)
I’m sure you could find it cheaper as well… especially if you start looking for used.
What is it you are trying to do?
Kyle
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/8 "2013-08-22T14:55:33Z")
> [@kyo](#):
>
> Jet makes some bench lathes that would work.
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> This is basically your specs exactly…
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> [http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product\_200399672\_200399672](http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200399672_200399672)
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> I’m sure you could find it cheaper as well… especially if you start looking for used.
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> What is it you are trying to do?
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> Kyle
make yoyos. I can do it on my lathe right now but it take forever to take the material off. (Delrin)
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### Author:  [@aznnboyaZ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznnboyaZ)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/9 "2013-08-22T15:45:31Z")
> [@yoyoexpertman54](#):
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> make yoyos. I can do it on my lathe right now but it take forever to take the material off. (Delrin)
I just finished reading this.
And Now… Your success with your Wooden fixed axles, i would love to see you become an innovator, and make a delrin fixed axle yoyo?
Wood core, delrin body man!
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### Author:  [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/10 "2013-08-22T20:45:20Z")
> [@yoyoexpertman54](#):
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> make yoyos. I can do it on my lathe right now but it take forever to take the material off. (Delrin)
Delrin shouldn’t be much of a problem with just about any setup… it’s one of the easiest materials to machine ever… it cuts a lot like butter does.
That Jet I linked is very similar (if not the same) to what 3yo3 uses to machine their acrylic yoyos.
Kyle
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/11 "2013-08-22T22:32:40Z")
> [@kyo](#):
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> Delrin shouldn’t be much of a problem with just about any setup… it’s one of the easiest materials to machine ever… it cuts a lot like butter does.
>
> That Jet I linked is very similar (if not the same) to what 3yo3 uses to machine their acrylic yoyos.
>
> Kyle
it just takes me many hours to machine the yoyos and I would like to cut that time down.
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### Author:  [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-good-lathe-recommendations/58213/12 "2013-08-23T04:02:11Z")
> [@yoyoexpertman54](#):
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> it just takes me many hours to machine the yoyos and I would like to cut that time down.
Yea I get it 🙂 I don’t know how much time you’ll really save in the end, but it’s a nice upgrade in any case. With plastics you are limited in speed/feed simply by heat… at some point you’re melting the plastic and you run a risk of deformation. But if you can’t max out that speed/feed with your current setup, then an upgrade certainly will help and it opens up a lot of other options for materials as well.
Kyle