Rockler Excelsior 5-Speed Mini Lathe

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Wood Lathes

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Rockler Excelsior 5-Speed Mini Lathe

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Small, compact, small room size. Takes standard accessories. Next project requires 29 cherry legs so i'll be buying the extension.

Heavy, durable, and powerful. The lathe is solid and performs well. It is very sturdy and doesn't give any wobble or movement.

This is a great starter lathe for wood turning hobbyists. It's a great machine for a beginner. The training videos on rockler's site for the beginner usually are using their talon chuck.

This lathe has no slop in any of the moving parts, such as the ball bearing cast iron tailstock, cast iron headstock, 5 speeds from 760rpm to 3200rpm. It also has chrome eccentric locking levers and hand wheels. Unbreakable plastic locking levers.

Cons

It has a bad wobble so all of my turnings are out of round. The tail stock does not sit tight on the bed.

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Highlights

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Quality

I was surprised at the quality performance and delivery time

I have been using the lathe for about a month now and i am very pleased with the product

For the money hard to beat the quality of this lathe

Nearly all lathes are the same with the exception of the higher end models

Price

Rockler is a great vendor and they stand behind their products

A very good price for any cast iron lathe

But on this lathe the price was unbeatable and if ordered through amazon the 50 shipping charge from the vendor didnt apply

I would love to give it 5 stars the only thing stopping me is the difficulty in changing the speed if the latch was in the fron... Read More

Shipping

So if you are a novice and looking to turn on a lathe make sure that if you buy this one you are actually needing to spen not t... Read More

I ordered this with prime shipping and had it at my door in two days

Packaging/appearance

Works great straight out of the box

Competitiveness

I have turned knot tying mandrels fids handles bowls up to 9

Edit looks like they dropped the price to match rockler

Overview

How are reviewers describing this item?
great, motor, good, little and first.

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Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 75 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 11 2022.