Comments on: Jet 1642-2 Lathe http://newtoolreviews.com/reviews/jet-1642-2-lathe Tool Reviews for Woodworkers & DIYers Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:22:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Woodguy1975 http://newtoolreviews.com/reviews/jet-1642-2-lathe/comment-page-1#comment-13 Woodguy1975 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:35:20 +0000 http://newtoolreviews.com/?p=20#comment-13 I've owned the Jet 1642 for a number of years. I bought mine within the first few months of the lathes being offered back in late 03 I beleive. I've had mine for a while... I've done everything from hollow vessels to pens and everything between. I have been impressed with this lathe and would recommend it to anyone. To me the VS is worth every penny. The 1642 is basically the little brother to the Powermatic. The quality of the live center provided with the lathe is awesome. It is a great copy of the Oneway without having to buy a Oneway. I did have one negative thing to put out there. After assembly I check the points (head stock to tai lstock) to make sure they aligned and they didn't on my particular lathe. A quick call to Jet and they sent me an entire new tail stock with live center for free and told me to keep the old one. This negative turned into a positive by Jet's great customer service. I've demonstrated on the larger Powermatics and Oneways and can say that Jet has the best cost to fun ratio. Sure the bigger boys have some advantages, but you only see them when you are turning really large items and boy do they make a hole in your wallet. Being a guy that doesn't believe in compromising on tool quality the Jet was a purchase I'd make again. I’ve owned the Jet 1642 for a number of years. I bought mine within the first few months of the lathes being offered back in late 03 I beleive. I’ve had mine for a while… I’ve done everything from hollow vessels to pens and everything between. I have been impressed with this lathe and would recommend it to anyone. To me the VS is worth every penny. The 1642 is basically the little brother to the Powermatic. The quality of the live center provided with the lathe is awesome. It is a great copy of the Oneway without having to buy a Oneway.

I did have one negative thing to put out there. After assembly I check the points (head stock to tai lstock) to make sure they aligned and they didn’t on my particular lathe. A quick call to Jet and they sent me an entire new tail stock with live center for free and told me to keep the old one. This negative turned into a positive by Jet’s great customer service.

I’ve demonstrated on the larger Powermatics and Oneways and can say that Jet has the best cost to fun ratio. Sure the bigger boys have some advantages, but you only see them when you are turning really large items and boy do they make a hole in your wallet. Being a guy that doesn’t believe in compromising on tool quality the Jet was a purchase I’d make again.

]]> By: PeteQuad http://newtoolreviews.com/reviews/jet-1642-2-lathe/comment-page-1#comment-9 PeteQuad Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:56:50 +0000 http://newtoolreviews.com/?p=20#comment-9 Thanks for the review - I haven't done any turning yet but know it's only a matter of time, and had wondered if the Jets I see at my local store were any good. I might have to take a closer look at them now. Thanks for the review – I haven’t done any turning yet but know it’s only a matter of time, and had wondered if the Jets I see at my local store were any good. I might have to take a closer look at them now.

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