Covington or Denver Lathe?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:56 pm
I am the luckiest person under the sun! A new lathe is on the horizon for me and now I am agonizing about the choice to make. Should it be the Covington 4013 or the Denver SAG1? Building my own is not an option and those beautiful Spatzier and Merkers are out of the $$ question! Since I do not quite understand why there is a fairly big price difference between the two (Denver $2300-Covington $1360 -- plus shipping and crating) whereas the Denver has a 1/3 hp and the Covington has 1 hp. I understand that the Denver shaft is 4 inches longer (15" versus 11") and the Denver has variable speed versus 3 speed for the Covington.
Could you please share some of your likes/dislikes of the two lathes ? I would really appreciate some advice! Thanks! Barbel
Could you please share some of your likes/dislikes of the two lathes ? I would really appreciate some advice! Thanks! Barbel