What Micro Lathe To Buy

[Titanium]

Recently I have been thinking seriously about buying a mini lathe for making pins and parts for clasps and maybe screws. I'd also like to be able to use a radial turner so I can round the end of pins. Does anyone have any suggestions on what lathe to buy? Preferably one at under £500/$600.

[oldhippy]

A unimat sl or unimat 3 I would think is best for you. Both have accessories for milling, also have screw cutting accessories. Both fit into your price range, check out ebay, some good second hand ones there. Check out this forum about lathes and the pit falls of buying them.

You can cut screw threads using taps and dies instead of lashing out for screw cutting accessories.