Customer Reviews

Jet 708355 JML-BE Bed Extension for 708351B JML-1014 Lathe

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I bought this little lathe with the extension with the idea of saving some money since all I wanted to do is turn spindle legs.
I actually got it free with my lathe purchase. It fit fine, was easy to install and adds some heft which is always helpful to reduce vibration.

I had to return the first extension received as there was no way to "tweak" it satisfactorily. Second extension arrived a few days ago and is better, but still a problem to align with the lathe bed. I have spend a few hours trying to make it work smoothly, and have made progress, but this is frustrating.

I love the mini lathe, but the extension is not 100%. If you think you will ever want a longer bed than the 14" the Jet mini has, purchase on that comes that way.

Looks as if the earlier problems with hole alignment have been corrected. This one went onto the jet vs mini with no alignment problems or needs to shim or shave. Works as advertised. Installation was just tightining two bolts setting the heigth of a mounting plate and leveling with the included feet.

With a little tweaking for fit it works great.....

I received this thru Amazon..which as always, may not be fast, but certainly fantastic with customer service...Besides, if speed was a factor, they offer additional shipping options...Not that it helps when they're out of stock...

But onto the extension itself...What should have been 10 minutes of setup turned into 2 hours of drilling and aligning two holes...The holes that are used to attach the extension to the lathe bed were off by 1\4 of an inch...I could attach the extension, but then the tail would not slide onto the extension at all be cause the beds were not lined up....

Soo it turned into a project trying to redrill the holes and test fit it, and then drill a little more and test fit it....

The metal bracket I still cannot make fit between the two beds...Still trying to work that out.....But the two beds now meet and align perfectly and the head and tail are now perfectly centered.....

Let me say Jet is an awesome company...Their equipment is built to last and I continue to have full faith in their products...Manufacturing defects happen, so as long as it is workeable, then that's good enough for me....

So I would say buy one, because they are awesome, once you get it lined up anyways.....

Product arrived in tact, and contained all the advertised parts. It took longer to unpack than to set up on my Jet JML-1014 lathe, and it fit perfectly. Highly recommended.

If you own a Jet 1014 and you do any spindle turning outside of pens, I would highly reccomend you buy the bed extension. I mainly turn bowls and pens, but occassionaly turn spindles. Before buying the extension, I designed projects around the size of my bed. Now that I have the extension, I am no longer limited.

As far as installation goes, it took me all of about 15 to 20 minutes to install and align the bed extension. The holes were drilled dead on accurate and I have no issues with the banjo or tail stock catching on the transition - it's as if it was one solid piece all along.

Hooks right up to the Jet 1040I with no trouble at all and adds much needed room for larger items. As solid as the lathe; exceptional construction. If you get a Jet mini-lathe, you need this for the price!

I have a mini Jet and wanted to be able to do a little larger work. The bed extension did not just bolt up, I had to do some drilling, filing work that I feel with the money spent I should not have had to do. Once all that said and done it did give me the option to do larger work.

First off, the extension bed is great. From time of delivery to time of putting the bed extension to use was about 30 minutes. Took a little tweeking to get the two pieces aligned but went relatively smooth. Second issue, the packaging for transit sucks. Inside the box they designed the padding poorly (expanded styrofoam). One end had a large block of foam surrounding it the other had little padding at all and in turn one of the plastic foot pads was broken. I was able to make the repair in short order but this should never have happened. A full block of foam padding at both ends would have prevented this.

The extention works well when you have a good stable, long base for the lathe. I screwed a 50 inch 2 by 8 to my existing sand filled cabinet and the unit is solid....You end up with a Midi lathe that can do spindle work, but it's still a Midi..Instructions work well too.