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PSI TCLPROVS Turncrafter Pro VS Variable Speed Wood Lathe | 
 enlarge | Brand: PSI Woodworking
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $279.95
Buy New: $246.40
You Save: $33.55 (12%)
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 6124
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 84.6
Dimensions (in): 34.5 x 12.5 x 21
Model: TCLPROVS
UPC: 689076537599
EAN: 0689076537599
ASIN: B000KI8CZ2
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Variable speed wood lathe | | • | Powered by a -horsepower motor with variable speed control | | • | Electronic speed control box and cable easily mounts | | • | Made from cast iron | | • | Accessories include 6-inch tool rest, 3-inch face plate, spur center, dead center, and spare drive belt |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Great lathe! August 7, 2008
A. K. Anderson (Nashville, TN)
Fantastic lathe. Using it in my personal shop in my basement. Nothing to setting up. Just plug in the cords and start turning. Only about 16" beteen centers without the bed extension. (I have one) That makes it 39" between centers. I turned my first peice and was more than staisfied. I am now building a Heavy stand from ShopNotes Issue no. 10. It fits perfectly. I would like to have a longer rest and may change that. But all in all I got more than I paid for.
You have to change the belt setting for some of the speeds but I have found that the middle speed on the belt gives me a lot of variable speed on the electronic speed control box.
A+ Thanks Amazon! I love shopping online!!! NO GAS NEEDED!!!
Out of the box... July 7, 2008
D. Everson (Pineville, NC)
Out of the box this lathe worked great! However, the instruction manual leads a lot to be desired. (Actually, it is poorly designed.) The manual assumes the new owner has had experience with wood lathes and wood turning. In my case, none. Prior to receiving the lathe, I viewed several online training videos and did some research, so I was able to manuever through the set up within thirty minutes or so. (There are still some areas I'm not too clear on, but I have friends who have offered to guide me through them.)
In deciding to buy this Turncrafter VS, I spent several hours reviwing the features and benefits of this lathe and also competitive models such as the comparable Jet lathe. The price was the deciding factor for me. The Turncrafter VS was about $100 less than the Jet model. Including shipping, the Amazon price was $227.00. Best deal I could find. E-bay offered it at about the same price, but I decided on Amazon because of customer support if I needed it.
I'm very satisfied with my purchase. I've read some of the "negative" reviews regarding the "finish" of this lather, but I chalked it up to "nit pickin". This is a fine model for beginners. It does what I want it to!
Don, Pineville, NC
Very pleased with the performance June 13, 2008
J. Ogden (RI)
I researched many midi-lathes and happy I made the right choice. The unit is everything as advertised. I also bought the PSI chuck system and this has proved to be a necessity. I also like the 3 year warranty.
Jeff
 Good Lathe Bad PSI Customer Support May 29, 2008
Daryl Jones (Roanoke, VA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased my PSI Lathe in Dec 2007, found it was damaged during shipping PSI replaced the bend part. But since then they are really weak on support and responding to e-mails, 1st problem motor was stopping and had to turn off for a few minutes to start it back up. 2nd the variable speed is great but don't think it should be speeding up and slowing down while running without touching the dial. Was told to buy new brush's so I did and still have the same problems. I think it is the variable speed unit bad but cannot get PSI to reply to e-mails. I like the Lathe but will not purchased anything else from PSI since I spend over 400.00 dollars buying the extended bed, jaw kit and three set of turning tools with my purchase. Next one will be from some one that will stand behind there product, I'm writing my review after I had time to work with it and do a few turning projects so I could give a good review "not that it worked right out of the box" like others I see, I would hope so work right out of the box.
PSI TCLPROVS Turncraft VArible speed wood lathe April 13, 2008
Paul W. Mitchell (Central Kentucky)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Right out of the box the lathe centers were right on the button... Every thing worked great, it is a little light on instructions for setting up all the electronics, but any one with half a brain can figure it out...
all projects attempted so far finished with minimum effort... Very pleased with the purchase.... Would suggest that the user make some baffles to divert the wood chips from building up on the motor which is located between the bed ways.. small strip of metal or cardboard should take care of this easily.....
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