New Lathe Purchase

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jclouden

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This is my 1st post so bear with me please. I am looking at buying a lathe for general home use and would appreciate any and all comments regarding this purchase. I am retired and play around in my shop as much as possible. I currently have a fairly complete woodworking shop and a separate welding shop and would like to do some machine work as well. I worked as a machinist apprentice many years ago (1968-1969) so I have at least a general (out-dated) knowledge of machining operations. I have been researching a lathe purchase for a few months and have an interest in a Precision Matthews PM1022V or PM1030V.

I will be using the lathe for general work, light repair work, hobby (model engines) work, etc. I have room in my current woodworking shop (1K sq. ft.) to set up a machining area. The shop is in an easily accessible heated/air conditioned area.

I am interested in any replies regarding working with PM over the last 12 months or so as well as any comments on the PM1022V/PM1030V lathes. Shipping is not an issue as I am only about 4 hr. from PM and have a truck for pick up.

Thanks for your interest and if I can answer any questions please ask.

Jon
 
Welcome aboard Jon! You came to the right place! PM is a good company to work with, Matt will take care of you. I have no experience with the products, but there are many members here that have and the feedback has been all positive.

Looking forward to seeing some pictures of your shop.
 
Very nice set up.
Add a lathe and maybe mill and there would be little you could not do.
-brino
 
Hi- nice shop- I will keep this short as I obviously need to go clean up my shop :-) I was looking at the 10-22 as well- I liked the specs, etc. I was replacing an old Shoptask 3n1 machine that I was growing to dislike a lot. I ended up with a PM 1236, delivered about a month ago, that I have been super happy with so far. Working with Matt and Nicole was a pleasure, and Matt always answered my questions promptly. The wait for the machine was hard, but PM made it clear that there would be a wait. The machine has had no problems at all and I would not hesitate to buy from Matt again.

JP
 
OK my first question is where is the rest of the stuff that should be stacked in every corner of your shop? I am hoping you have another room filled with all the abandoned projects, scraps that you know you will need the extra 19 things you have left from another project because you saved soooo much money buying 20 instead of one... The parts from the broken vacuum that you know you will need someday when the hardware store is closed..... Nice shop and welcome to the forum. +1 on working with Matt and Nicole.
 
It's guys like you that give the rest of us a good name. Great shop!

As for the original question, my only suggestion would be to buy as large a tool as you can afford (keeping in mind the fact that the accessories, cutters, etc. will probably cost about as much as the original tool).
 
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