The new Jet 1221VS midi lathe just arrived in South Africa and I have been looking for a while for a lathe that I can use for demonstration purposes. After evaluating the lathe at the Hardware Center open day, I was impressed with this lathe and one week later had one of them in my workshop. Unfortunately the lathe came with a M33 spindle where my other lathes are 1 and 1/4 but I fitted a M33 to 1" adaptor and then my Nova chuck with a 1" insert. Not optimum but the best I could do for now, later I may get myself a chuck directly threaded for M33. I turned some Jacaranda bowls to test the lathe and was satisfied with my purchase.
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