# Best Wood Lathes (2026) — ranked by value, every figure sourced and dated

12 wood lathes on the record, median price $1199.99. Each price links to the page it came from and the day we captured it — no guesses, no affiliate spin. Current as of 2026-08-01.

Lowest-priced: WEN LA3421 3.2-Amp 8" x 13" Variable Speed Mini Benchtop Wood Lathe — $244.87.

Full comparison: https://frontdeskreview.com/gear/wood-lathes/

| # | Product | Brand | Price (US) | Deskmark | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [WEN LA3421 3.2-Amp 8" x 13" Variable Speed Mini Benchtop Wood Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/wen-la3421/) | WEN | $244.87 | Platinum Deskmark 98/100 | wenproducts.com |
| 2 | [NOVA Comet II DR Midi Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/nova-comet-ii-dr/) | Nova (Teknatool) | $599.99 | Bronze Deskmark 32/100 | teknatool.com |
| 3 | [Rikon 70-220VSR 12-1/2" x 20" Midi VSR Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/rikon-70-220vsr/) | Rikon | $649.99 | Silver Deskmark 34/100 | web.archive.org |
| 4 | [JET JWL-1221VS 12" x 21" Variable Speed Wood Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/jet-jwl-1221vs/) | JET | $989.99 | Bronze Deskmark 30/100 | jettools.com |
| 5 | [Laguna Revo 12|16 Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/laguna-revo-12-16/) | Laguna Tools | $999 | Bronze Deskmark 29/100 | lagunatools.com |
| 6 | [Delta 46-460 12-1/2 In. Variable-Speed Midi Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/delta-46-460/) | Delta | $1199.99 | Bronze Deskmark 29/100 | web.archive.org |
| 7 | [Harvey Turbo T-40 14" x 24" Wood Lathe with Servo Motor](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/harvey-t-40/) | Harvey | $2699 | Gold Deskmark 44/100 | harveywoodworking.com |
| 8 | [Grizzly G0766 22" x 42" Variable-Speed Wood Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/grizzly-g0766/) | Grizzly | $2895 | Silver Deskmark 33/100 | grizzly.com |
| 9 | [Laguna Revo 18|36 Lathe (220V)](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/laguna-revo-18-36/) | Laguna Tools | $2999 | Silver Deskmark 37/100 | lagunatools.com |
| 10 | [Powermatic 3520C 20" x 35" Wood Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/powermatic-3520c/) | Powermatic | $5999 | Bronze Deskmark 16/100 | powermatic.com |
| 11 | [Oneway 2436 Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/oneway-2436/) | Oneway | $6776.95 | Bronze Deskmark 0/100 | oneway.ca |
| 12 | [Record Power Coronet Herald Heavy Duty Cast Iron Electronic Variable Speed Lathe](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/wood-lathes/record-power-coronet-herald/) | Record Power | Not published | Gold Deskmark 92/100 | recordpower.co.uk |

Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, the best-value wood lathes ranked by sourced, dated price — https://frontdeskreview.com/gear/wood-lathes/

Method: Covers stationary wood-turning lathes a hobbyist-to-pro buyer actually cross-shops in 2026 — benchtop/mini, midi, and full-size floor-standing machines from Powermatic, Laguna, JET, Nova/Teknatool, Grizzly, Rikon, Record Power, Delta, Harvey, WEN, and Oneway — each sold at a published US (or, where noted, home-market) price. Excludes metal lathes, pen-turning-only micro lathes, and CNC/robotic turning systems. Prices are current US MSRP/typical street price in USD for the bare machine as configured on the cited page (stands, chucks, and risers excluded unless factory-included); a handful of manufacturer sites (Grizzly, Delta, JET, Nova/Teknatool) block direct bot fetches, so those pages were retrieved via the Wayback Machine's live-capture proxy and are cited as such. swing_over_bed_in is the maximum workpiece diameter that clears the bed (industry-standard swing figure), in inches. distance_between_centers_in is the maximum spindle-to-tailstock working length in inches (without bed extensions). motor_power_hp is the manufacturer's published horsepower figure; null when only an amperage rating is published (no HP was estimated). speed_range_rpm is the full published spindle speed span as a string (electronically variable machines quote a single continuous span or slash-separated discrete ranges as published). variable_speed is a boolean. spindle_thread is the headstock spindle nose thread. bed_material quotes the manufacturer's own description (several premium machines use a welded steel tube bed rather than cast iron, which is called out explicitly). tailstock_taper is the Morse taper size at the tailstock quill. weight_lb is net machine weight in pounds; shipping weight is used and flagged in provenance only when no net figure is published. Record Power's Coronet Herald is a UK-market machine with no confirmed US-published MSRP at capture time, so priceUsd is null there and the GBP RRP is preserved in priceNote; every other entry converts cleanly to a real, current USD figure. accessedAt 2026-08-01 unless individually noted.

License: CC BY 4.0. Every row is dated and links to its source. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl