Customer Reviews
Great lathe! 
2008-08-07
Fantastic lathe. Using it in my personal shop in my basement. Nothing to setting up. Just plug in the cords and start turning. Only about 16" beteen centers without the bed extension. (I have one) That makes it 39" between centers. I turned my first peice and was more than staisfied. I am now building a Heavy stand from ShopNotes Issue no. 10. It fits perfectly. I would like to have a longer rest and may change that. But all in all I got more than I paid for.
You have to change the belt setting for some of the speeds but I have found that the middle speed on the belt gives me a lot of variable speed on the electronic speed control box.
A+ Thanks Amazon! I love shopping online!!! NO GAS NEEDED!!!
Out of the box... 2008-07-07
Out of the box this lathe worked great! However, the instruction manual leads a lot to be desired. (Actually, it is poorly designed.) The manual assumes the new owner has had experience with wood lathes and wood turning. In my case, none. Prior to receiving the lathe, I viewed several online training videos and did some research, so I was able to manuever through the set up within thirty minutes or so. (There are still some areas I'm not too clear on, but I have friends who have offered to guide me through them.)
In deciding to buy this Turncrafter VS, I spent several hours reviwing the features and benefits of this lathe and also competitive models such as the comparable Jet lathe. The price was the deciding factor for me. The Turncrafter VS was about $100 less than the Jet model. Including shipping, the Amazon price was $227.00. Best deal I could find. E-bay offered it at about the same price, but I decided on Amazon because of customer support if I needed it.
I'm very satisfied with my purchase. I've read some of the "negative" reviews regarding the "finish" of this lather, but I chalked it up to "nit pickin". This is a fine model for beginners. It does what I want it to!
Don, Pineville, NC
Very pleased with the performance 2008-06-13
I researched many midi-lathes and happy I made the right choice. The unit is everything as advertised. I also bought the PSI chuck system and this has proved to be a necessity. I also like the 3 year warranty.
Jeff
Good Lathe Bad PSI Customer Support 
2008-05-29
I purchased my PSI Lathe in Dec 2007, found it was damaged during shipping PSI replaced the bend part. But since then they are really weak on support and responding to e-mails, 1st problem motor was stopping and had to turn off for a few minutes to start it back up. 2nd the variable speed is great but don't think it should be speeding up and slowing down while running without touching the dial. Was told to buy new brush's so I did and still have the same problems. I think it is the variable speed unit bad but cannot get PSI to reply to e-mails. I like the Lathe but will not purchased anything else from PSI since I spend over 400.00 dollars buying the extended bed, jaw kit and three set of turning tools with my purchase. Next one will be from some one that will stand behind there product, I'm writing my review after I had time to work with it and do a few turning projects so I could give a good review "not that it worked right out of the box" like others I see, I would hope so work right out of the box.
PSI TCLPROVS Turncraft VArible speed wood lathe 2008-04-13
Right out of the box the lathe centers were right on the button... Every thing worked great, it is a little light on instructions for setting up all the electronics, but any one with half a brain can figure it out...
all projects attempted so far finished with minimum effort... Very pleased with the purchase.... Would suggest that the user make some baffles to divert the wood chips from building up on the motor which is located between the bed ways.. small strip of metal or cardboard should take care of this easily.....
PSI Turncrafter Pro VS 2008-02-25
I find this to be a really good tool for a good price. For anyone who wants to learn to turn, or for the experienced turner, I would recommend this lathe. Out of the box (which was packaged very nicely), it went together with a snap. A little mineral spirits to wipe off the shipping oil, and attaching the extended bed, and the Barracuda 2 chuck set, (both great additional accessories (sold seperately) PSI TCLPROVS Turncrafter Pro VS Variable Speed Wood Lathe & good prices), the variable speed was purring like a kitten. I'm sure this lathe will "turn" out some really nice projects, and yours will too.
PSI TCI Pro VS wood lathe 2008-01-18
I am a beginner on the lathe, even though I have used some in the past,
I am very satisfied with this lathe. It has alot of power and the variable
speed is great. I wanted a lathe for my hobby of building model railroad
buildings etc. I bought another lathe from Sears but you could stop the
motor with your hands at any speed. I sent it back. I know that I will
use this lathe for along time.
James Walters
great value 2008-01-08
This lathe is a great value for the money. I have used many lathes and this one is top-notch. Fit and Finish are above average for a lathe this inexpensive. The veriable speed works great. Overall I am 100% satisfied. I would recommend this machine to anyone. I can't wait to get the Barracuda2 chuck system, that will make this lathe truley complete. P.S. I also purchased the bed extension, defenatly worth the very minimal expense.
Nice lathe 2008-01-02
I am very happy with this tool. I am an experienced woodworker that finally got around to getting my own lathe and so far I have been impressed with this tool. I was a little worried about the 1/2 hp motor but it seems more than adequate. The variable speed works very well the fit and finish are on par for the price. The only complaint I would even mention is the instruction manual, it is sparse at best. I would recommend this lathe to anyone that wants to take up turning.
Great Lathe 
2007-11-24
I'm new to woodturning. This is my first lathe. So far it has been great. I'm thinking of drilling out the rubber leggs and mounting mine down to the bench. No other problems.
