How has the lathe held up years later? Does it have good longevity? Do you ever use the back to turn bowls up to 15 1/2 inches and how does it handle it? Seems like a great deal for the price.
Hello, I am thinking about getting into wood turning. I don't want to spend a lot on a lathe just to find out I don't enjoy the craft. I wood like to see what your thoughts are on this particular model. It seems, from your other vids on the WEN line of lathes that there are issues with them. Is this the case with the model #34027b that you show in this video? Thanks
Hi Craig, it's very important that a lathe be extremely accurate in its manufacture, other wise you will not get good results. Because of the issues I had with the Wen, I would not recommend it, which is too bad because you get a lot of features for the money--just not good manufacturing quality. With that said, if you can buy it a Home Depot, you have 90 days to return it if WEN can't make it right in case it's not perfect out of the box. Another option is, if you think you may only be turning small items, such as pens, think about one of the mini-lathes available from places such as Penn State Industries. This may be a good place (i.e., less expensive) to test the waters of turning. Hope this helps.
@@knotnowwoodworking Heck yeah this helps. I appreciate the advice and I will definitely make sure home depot still has the 90 return policy. I have read A LOT of reviews on this and they all say the same thing, cheap tool rest, tail stock issues etc. However most of the reviews were at least two years ago. I'd like to think that a company would get their ducks in a row after so many complaints. I may roll the dice on this model. If its good out of the box I'll let you know. Keep up the good work
very cool! I'm wanting to buy this lathe's little brother. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks. Keep in mind that the larger one (the 3427) is only $402 at Home Depot.
How has the lathe held up years later? Does it have good longevity? Do you ever use the back to turn bowls up to 15 1/2 inches and how does it handle it? Seems like a great deal for the price.
Hello, I am thinking about getting into wood turning. I don't want to spend a lot on a lathe just to find out I don't enjoy the craft.
I wood like to see what your thoughts are on this particular model. It seems, from your other vids on the WEN line of lathes that there are issues with them.
Is this the case with the model #34027b that you show in this video? Thanks
Hi Craig, it's very important that a lathe be extremely accurate in its manufacture, other wise you will not get good results. Because of the issues I had with the Wen, I would not recommend it, which is too bad because you get a lot of features for the money--just not good manufacturing quality. With that said, if you can buy it a Home Depot, you have 90 days to return it if WEN can't make it right in case it's not perfect out of the box. Another option is, if you think you may only be turning small items, such as pens, think about one of the mini-lathes available from places such as Penn State Industries. This may be a good place (i.e., less expensive) to test the waters of turning. Hope this helps.
@@knotnowwoodworking
Heck yeah this helps. I appreciate the advice and I will definitely make sure home depot still has the 90 return policy. I have read A LOT of reviews on this and they all say the same thing, cheap tool rest, tail stock issues etc. However most of the reviews were at least two years ago. I'd like to think that a company would get their ducks in a row after so many complaints. I may roll the dice on this model. If its good out of the box I'll let you know. Keep up the good work