Brian100 Posted February 2, 2015 Share #1 Posted February 2, 2015 Does anyone know anything about the Mantua jigsaw and wood turning lathe. Any info would be most welcome. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornet Posted February 2, 2015 Share #2 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Don't know much about the jigsaw, but the lathe has been around a long time. I considered it, very briefly, when I was in the market for a lathe. From my research I concluded that the fact that it was only a 12 volt motor meant that it did not have sufficient 'grunt' to be of much use. It was described as 'chicken powered' in one review that I read. I settled on the proxxon lathe which comes with full mains power (240 volt) in my case - Australia, is well built, has a small footprint and comes with many quality accessories. I have had it for about 2 years and I am very happy with it. When you add the cost of the transformer to the Mantua lathe, it comes out at a similar price to the Proxxon. Edited February 2, 2015 by hornet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian100 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted February 3, 2015 Hi Hornet, thanks for the reply, will have a look at the proxxon. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmay Posted February 3, 2015 Share #4 Posted February 3, 2015 Hi Brian, A member of this site is a seller of proxxon tools, his name is john . Texxn5. try http/wwwproxxontoolsdiscount.com. Edwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornet Posted February 3, 2015 Share #5 Posted February 3, 2015 If you decide on a Proxxon, I would also recommend getting the three jaw self-centering chuck as well. In addition Proxxon has put a clip of this lathe - the DB 250 onto YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mij Posted February 3, 2015 Share #6 Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) I`ve had my Proxxon lathe for about 3 years, its a nice little lathe for what we do. Regards mij Edited February 3, 2015 by mij Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted February 8, 2015 Share #7 Posted February 8, 2015 I had the Mantua lathe but could not get it to turn anything concentric. It always seemed off centre. Then when it started to sound like a bag of nails and had play in the shaft I sent it back and they replaced it but the second one quickly became the same. I replaced it with the proxxon which is much better. I just wish they would make a bed extention and another centre for long pieces of work. I have the 3 and 4 jaw chucks which are well worth buying as is the running tailstock centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted February 8, 2015 Share #8 Posted February 8, 2015 Thunder you can buy another bed from Proxxon. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted February 8, 2015 Share #9 Posted February 8, 2015 Frank, thanks for that, I contacted them some time back and at that time you couldn't get them. Do you have a part number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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