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   On 6/30/2025 1:30 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103uq0s$2br94$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > I use the foot brake for a lot of that sort of work.  When I step   
   > partway down it kills the motor, and the rest of the way engages a   
   > mechanical brake.  The only little hiccup, is my brain baulks at having   
   > to turn the lever off and back on again, until my hand feels its already   
   > on.   
   > Bob La Londe   
   >   
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   > I agree that a modern industrial lathe is better if you can justify the   
   > investment. The obsolete ones with threaded spindles and leather belt   
   > drives can still be useful in a home hobby shop, or to experiment and   
   > invent if no longer to efficiently make a product for profit.   
   >   
      
   Matt would be glad to hear you call it that.  The PM1440ELB is what I   
   would consider a heavy hobby or prosumer lathe.  The big thing for me   
   was the larger spindle bore (2in (50.8mm)) than any other lathe in its   
   size class.  They make some that I would consider industrial in their   
   tool room lathes, but there is a substantial jump in price.  That being   
   said there is has been a substantial jump in price even for the   
   PM1440ELB.  When I bought mine a few years back it was a little under 5   
   grand, now its selling right at 9 grand.   
   https://www.precisionmatthews.com/products/pm-1440e-lb-lathe-inventory-here   
      
      
   Their precision tool room lathes cost a wee bit more:   
   https://www.precisionmatthews.com/collections/lathes/products/pm-tlseries   
      
      
      
      
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