Has anybody had experience with a Harvey T 40 lathe?
Thank you
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Harvey T40
- Thread starter Ed Jarvis
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Yes, purchased two years ago. Prices have risen since then, but they are offering “free shipping” right now.
Works great!
Works great!
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Thank You.
That's a good deal. I was interested in the T40 a couple of months ago, but the $600 shipping stopped me.
“Yesterday” was a sale price & free shipping…today it is just the sale price. They change their deals often, so the need to visit
the site on a regular basis is required to get the deal you can live with.
Yes,
Major pros, it is probably the smoothest and quietest thing I have ever turned on. Smoother than a Robust even, not even kidding. Great for spindles and small projects, love the pivoting headstock that lines right back up accurately afterwards.
Major con- it has some sort of deal in the parameters of the inverter or something (I'm guessing as a safety feature to hit the brakes when a newbie gets a big catch) that also triggers when I'm doing heavy hogging on green wood. To be fair, I never have pursued contacting support to see if that can be tuned out, I just use my bigger lathe for the big heavy stuff.
As has been already said, Harvey is always switching it up with the deals, get on their mailing list and wait a month or two if you're interested.
Major pros, it is probably the smoothest and quietest thing I have ever turned on. Smoother than a Robust even, not even kidding. Great for spindles and small projects, love the pivoting headstock that lines right back up accurately afterwards.
Major con- it has some sort of deal in the parameters of the inverter or something (I'm guessing as a safety feature to hit the brakes when a newbie gets a big catch) that also triggers when I'm doing heavy hogging on green wood. To be fair, I never have pursued contacting support to see if that can be tuned out, I just use my bigger lathe for the big heavy stuff.
As has been already said, Harvey is always switching it up with the deals, get on their mailing list and wait a month or two if you're interested.
That search feature works pretty well; https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/pm-2014-or-harvey-t40-lathe-choice.21722/
https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/harvey-lathes.19236/page-2#post-232446
https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/three-year-update-on-harvey-t-60s.21466/#post-225466
https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/servo-motors-vs-the-other-motors.17420/#post-220946
https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/harvey-lathes.19236/#post-195328
etc......
Nova has the same setting for catches but it's adjustable through the settings menu
Pretty good deal. Now that I've ordered a Rikon 1824, I'm glad I didn't go with the Harvey. That extra 4" is the difference I think I will need in the future.
Call Harvey and they will deal with you. I did that when I bought my table saw. I get their sails in an email all the time and have never seen a sale price as cheap as they sold it to me over the phone. Also very pleasant people to talk to and deal with.
FLASH SALE TODAY….$1999.