Originally Posted by
Mark Woodmark
The Robust Sweet 16 with long bed is 57-1/2 × 28 or 67.7 x 28 if you include the motor. It weighs 480 pounds.
The Oneway 1640 is 60 x 31-1/4 and weighs 700 pounds.
38 between centers on the Robust
40 between centers on the Oneway
The seven year warranty looks really good. It appears to be a bumper to bumper warranty. You just cant drive it to the dealer for repairs. Repairs may have to be approved by a service tech coming to your place and then you are responsible for shipping it in to have the repairs done. The big difference from other tools is you dont have to pay for the repairs. Then again at over $1600.00 more than the Oneway I assume part of that is for the warranty.
I understand what was meant by the mass comment. It makes sense to me. Once you realize what Robust was intending to create with this lathe it all makes sense.
Sorry, I didnt mean to imply the Robust was value engineered. It obviously was not. Just making an observation about things in general.
I'm pretty sure that Oneway weights are shipping weights, which include the crate. Robust weights are actual machine weights. I do own a Sweet 16 standard bed and have to admit I love it. The shipping weight was 650 lbs. if I recall correctly. It just went out of warranty after seven years. To one of the original poster's earlier questions, one nice thing about the Robust Sweet 16 is the ability to turn up to 32" and provide tailstock and live center support. To get something similar on the Oneway 1640, you need to add the outboard bed extension, bigger banjo and tailstock riser. That gets you up to 24" and increases the cost around $900. Both are good lathes, but not exactly an apples to apples comparison.
"Only a rich man can afford cheap tools, as he needs to buy them again and again"