Crap maybe, but miles better than a lot of worse crap out there, in fact if mine wasn't worn in the bedways I would love it so much I'd move it into the house with me....
Mine is hardly worn at all. Trouble is how can I justify another lathe? It will cope with most jobs big or small. Remember never buy something medium sized again
They are reasonable lathes but a lot better out there, the round heads however are much better than the 2000 that I have, I had to fit a servo to the spindle and bypass the headstock gears because they are made of cheese and the noise is unbearable. Still use it a fair bit, turned a 220mm Dia lump of EN8 with it today, just have to put a 2.1/2" bore in it now.
There’s about a 0% chance of finding an L2 just pop up. I do have a L1 backplate to sell now on the bright side.
There are a few on Ebay USA. If anyone buys it we can offer cheap shipping back from there. I bought 2 Jacobs Rubberflex collet chucks from the USA - buy one get one free! Bloke out there priced it with DHL - $600. Our price was £125 so well happy. He crated it beautifully as well.
Sold to whoever bought it on eBay The buyer sent transport. A guy turned up with cash in £50s, didn’t speak much English, had a transit type recovery truck. OSB board between the Ali ramp bits the car sits on. Wonder if it actually made it to Poland.