Well, If being able to get parts real easy is your main concern...Id
go with the Homier 7x12.
Having dealt with both companies in CS issues, Id have to say that
Homier was a little quicker to send them out to me.
Besides, LMS has everything that you would need in parts for either
one of the lathes, and they ship em' out to ya , usually in the same
day that the order was placed.
At $299, the Homier 7x12 was my choice, seeing how its less of a
hassle to order parts from LMS, rather than wait on CS to send them
out where I purchased the lathe from for replacemnt parts. The only
thing that I found wrong with my lathe when I received it, was one of
the 80T gears' keyway was stripped and received a new one from homier
withing 3 days.
When I purchased my mini mill from Grizzly some time back it took
almost 3 weeks to get a gear that I could have gotten from LMS in
about 3 or 4 days tops.
For me it was a no brainer decision to make in which one to buy.
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Hi folks,
I am ready to purchase a 7x12 mini lathe and see a whoppin price
difference between grizzly and homier. I know the grizzly comes
with
2 extra tools (steady rest and 6 1/4" faceplate). Are there any
differences in the actual parts of the machines? are some parts
more
rugged on the grizzly (plasctic on homeier? vs. metal on grizzly?)
$299 sure sounds like a real good buy. I wanna get a little lathe
and
then build an upscaled gingery (with around 40" workspace between
centers)
Choice is important to me since I live only half hour drive from
grizzly tools and get get parts real easy.
-Hawk-
