Hello
I am going to puechase a wood lathe for myself and my son. We are looking to purchase a lath for long term use. The Craftex 2 horsepower — Busy Bee Tools looks about what we need. What is the opinion of Craftex tools by everyone are they a good investment or should we go the extra cost and buy the number one choice of the heavy suty lathe review in Fine Woodworking — we are planning to have this lathe for the long term.
Thanks Jack Martin Brennan Martin
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The Craftex line of tools is only sold in Canada and their lathe wasn't reviewed by Fine Woodworking so it is unlikely that you will be able to get an opinion about their lathe here in the expert's site. A number of Canadian readers are active in the Knots site. You should post your question there, with luck you will get responses from woodworkers who are familiar with the tool.
The one Craftex lathe I looked at when I Googled the name just now appears to be a much lighter machine than the top rated lathes from the review done by FWW.
John White
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