jim hanna
12-14-2007, 6:18 AM
B&Q Lathe COD450CL (sold in the UK, used to be sold as the CLM450CL, only change seems to be that the motor is now uprated from 450 to 550W)
I bought the B&Q COD450CL copy lathe as a cheap intro to turning. £ 149 will let me try turning for three years without any worries about it breaking down (it has a three year warranty)
The manual is crap, it doesn’t even give the spindle thread size.
For information for anybody buying one of these lathes.
From measurement the headstock seems to be a Morse 1 taper (MT1) and the tailstock a Morse 2 taper(MT2).
The spindle is ¾” 16tpi, ¾ UNF.
I was able to buy a dozen ¾ UNF nuts for £ 2.40 at a local supplier (Swiftscrew, Dunmore Ind Estate, Belfast) which will let me make up faceplates cheaply.
I think B&Q are shooting themselves in the foot with their woodworking machinery, they used to stock a Rexxon 6” jointer along with spare knivesand drive belts, now they’ve changed to an own brand jointer and don’t stock any replacement parts. If they had stocked cheap faceplates, screw chucks etc for the lathe then I would have bought them instead of making up my own.
I bought the B&Q COD450CL copy lathe as a cheap intro to turning. £ 149 will let me try turning for three years without any worries about it breaking down (it has a three year warranty)
The manual is crap, it doesn’t even give the spindle thread size.
For information for anybody buying one of these lathes.
From measurement the headstock seems to be a Morse 1 taper (MT1) and the tailstock a Morse 2 taper(MT2).
The spindle is ¾” 16tpi, ¾ UNF.
I was able to buy a dozen ¾ UNF nuts for £ 2.40 at a local supplier (Swiftscrew, Dunmore Ind Estate, Belfast) which will let me make up faceplates cheaply.
I think B&Q are shooting themselves in the foot with their woodworking machinery, they used to stock a Rexxon 6” jointer along with spare knivesand drive belts, now they’ve changed to an own brand jointer and don’t stock any replacement parts. If they had stocked cheap faceplates, screw chucks etc for the lathe then I would have bought them instead of making up my own.