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17" Manual Lathe with optional accessory package A
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17″ Benchtop Lathe
Our benchtop lathe offers 17″ between centers, more than double the 8″ available on the tabletop model, giving you significantly more clearance. This extra space becomes especially useful when a part is held in a chuck and the tailstock also holds a larger drill chuck with a long bit, where a shorter bed might fall short.
With the additional 9″ of center-to-center distance, along with adjustable “zero” handwheels and a rocker-style tool post, this lathe brings more flexibility and capability – a worthwhile upgrade over the shorter version.
Although compact in size, our 17″ benchtop lathe still delivers the precision and accuracy expected from a full-size machine. It’s capable of turning wood and plastic, but is also rigid enough to handle aluminum and steel parts – making it suitable not just for hobby use, but for precision metalwork too.
Designed as a desktop-friendly machine, it packs full-size performance into a smaller footprint, offering a practical balance of convenience and capability for small shops or home workshops.
Features:
- Adjustable resettable “zero” handwheels: 2.5″ (63 mm) on the leadscrew, 2″ (51 mm) on both the crosslide feed screw and the tailstock – each handwheel has laser-engraved aluminum handwheel collars
- Turns parts up to 3.5″ (90 mm) diameter over the bed and 1.75″ (45 mm) over the carriage without riser blocks; with riser blocks, up to 6″ over the bed
- 17″ (430 mm) bed provides extended travel for longer workpieces
- 6″ (152 mm) crosslide for increased tool reach
- Precision-machined dovetail slides with adjustable gibs and backlash
- High-accuracy spindle and headstock used across all Sherline lathes
- Spindle speed: continuously variable from 70 to 2,800 RPM via electronic control (no belt changes required). A second pulley position offers more torque at low RPM if needed
- Rocker-style tool post (replacing the standard post used on shorter lathes)*
- Comes with pulleys, drive belt, faceplate, lathe dog, two dead centers, three hex keys, rocker tool post, a sharpened high-speed steel cutting tool, a grounded 3-wire power cord (8 ft), and instruction manual
- Compatible with Sherline’s full line of accessories
- Made in the USA
* Not included with lathe without motor and speed control
This 17″ benchtop lathe gives you the precision and robustness of a larger machine in a compact, desktop-sized package. The extended center distance, adjustable zero handwheels, rocker tool post, and variable-speed electronic motor make it a versatile choice for turning plastics, wood, aluminum, or steel. It’s ideal for small shops, hobbyists, or anyone needing a reliable lathe for detailed or small-batch work — with the convenience of a machine that doesn’t take up an entire shop floor.
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| Swing Over Bed | 3.50″ (90 mm) |
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| Swing Over Carriage | 1.75″ (45 mm) |
| Distance Between Centers | 17.00″ (430 mm) |
| Hole Through Spindle | .405″ (10 mm) |
| Spindle Nose Thread | 3/4″-16 T.P.I. |
| Spindle Nose Taper | #1 Morse |
| Spindle Runout of Morse Taper | .0005″ or less |
| Travel of Crosslide | 4.25″ (110 mm) |
| Tailstock Spindle Taper | #0 Morse |
| Protractor Graduations | 0° to 45° by 5° |
| Handwheel Graduations | .001″ (.01 mm) |
| Length Overall | 32.5″ (826 mm) |
| Width Overall | 8.00″ (267 mm) |
| Height Overall | 8.00″ (216 mm) |
| Shipping Weight | 31 lb. (14.1 kg) |
| Motor | 90 volt DC with electronic speed control that accepts any incoming current from 100VAC to 240 VAC, 50 Hz or 60 Hz.
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| Spindle Speed Range | 70-2800 RPM continuously variable by electronic speed control |
4400-Series Manual Benchtop Lathe-Machined Base
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4400-Series Manual Benchtop Lathe-Cast Base
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4400-Series 17″ Benchtop Lathe 3D IGS model
4400-Series 17″ Benchtop Lathe w/1041 3-Jaw Chuck 3D IGS model
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| 4000 (4100) | 4400 (4410) | |
| Swing over bed | 3.50″ (90 mm) | 3.50″ (90 mm) |
| Swing over carriage | 1.75″ (44.5 mm) | 1.75″ (44.5 mm) |
| Distance between centers | 8.00″ (200 mm) | 17.00″ (430 mm) |
| Hole through spindle | .405″ (10 mm) | .405″ (10 mm) |
| Spindle nose thread | 3/4-16 T.P.I. | 3/4-16 T.P.I. |
| Spindle nose taper | #1 Morse | #1 Morse |
| Spindle runout of Morse taper | 0005″ or less | .0005″ or less |
| Travel of crosslide | 4.25″ (110 mm) | 4.25″ (110 mm) |
| Tailstock spindle taper | #0 Morse | #0 Morse |
| Tailstock spindle travel | 1.75″ (44.5 mm) | 1.75″ (44.5 mm) |
| Protractor graduations | 0° to 45° by 5° | 0° to 45° by 5° |
| Handwheel graduations | 001″ (.01 mm) | 001″ (.01 mm) |
| Handwheel type | Standard Handwheels | Zero Adjustable Handwheels (With the exception of DRO machines, which come with DRO handwheels) |
| Electronically controlled spindle speed range | 70 to 2,800 RPM | 70 to 2,800 RPM |
| Length overall | 23″ (584 mm) | 32.5″ (826 mm) |
| Width overall | 10.25″ (260 mm) | 10.55″ (267 mm) |
| Height overall | 8″ (203 mm) | 8.5″ (216 mm) |
| Shipping weight | 24 lb. (10.9 kg) | 30 lb. (13.6 kg) |
| Motor Specs | ||
| Input voltage | 100 to 240 VAC, 50 or 60 Hz | |
| Output to motor | 90 VDC | |
| Current draw | .5 to 15 amps, depending on the load | |
| No-load output shaft speed | 6000 RPM (no pulley) | |
| Click here for more detailed specs | ||
| Spindle Specs | ||
| Spindle End play (factory adjustment of preload) |
.0002″ (.005 mm) or less, normal pulleys | |
| Runout at nose | .0005″ (0.013 mm) or less | |
| Bearings | Two 20 mm lifetime lubricated ball bearings with adjustable preload | |
Related products
- WW Collet Adapter*
- Drawbar & 3/8" Knockout Bar
- Set of 5 Collets: Inch set: 1/16", 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", and 5/16" Metric set: 2.0 mm, 3.0 mm, 4.0 mm, 5.0 mm, and 6.0 mm
$150.83
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WW Collet Sets
Collets provide a quick, easy method of mounting cylindrical parts or bar stock in the lathe with a great deal of centering accuracy. Each collet is actually a small, precision 3-jaw chuck that fits into a special tapered adapter in the headstock. A drawbar that passes through the headstock and threads into the backside of the collet is used to draw the collet up into the tapered adapter. The adapter causes the jaws of the collet to close down, gripping the part to be machined. Typically, collets provide a very accurate part mounting system, but each size collet can accommodate only a small range of diameters of approximately ±.001" (.02mm).
WW collets differ from milling collets in that they have a hole all the way through the collet and drawbar. The maximum diameter stock that can pass entirely through the collet is 3/16" or 4.5mm. The WW collets that are larger than this diameter are sometimes referred to as "pot" chucks.The Sherline WW collet set includes a WW style collet taper adapter, a drawbar, and a set of five WW collets. These collets are manufactured by Sherline and are built to standard WW specifications; however, we have come across collets that are called WW and will not fit our drawbar and adapter. Be sure to check WW collets made by other manufacturers to be sure they fit our adapter before you purchase them. Sherline manufactures a slightly larger .315" adapter and drawbar set that will accommodate some of these other brands.
Collet AccuracyThese collets have a maximum runout of .002" or less. If the WW collet adapter is trued in as suggested in the instructions, it will run dead true. This will allow the collet runout to be at its best. Collet sizes above 3/16" (4.5mm), considered pot chucks, are not bored through. They are only bored .260" deep and depending on your setup and length of the part, you may experience greater runout further away from the front of the collet.
5-piece collet set includes:Other Collet Sets
Sherline also offers sets that include a wider selection of collets. It includes 17-inch size collets from 1/16 to 5/16", while the metric set includes 14 metric collets from 1.5 mm to 8.0 mm. These sets come in an oak box with a divider that has extra holes for more collets should you add them later. It also includes a drawbar, a collet adapter, knockout bar, two collet pot chucks, and a collet blank.
The largest set we offer includes 78 collets from 0.3 mm to 8.0 mm by 0.1 mm increments. This comes in an oak box with 96 holes in case you add some inch sizes but does not include the adapter, drawbar or other accessory items in the sets described above.