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Record Power have a long history of making good quality lathes right back to our Coronet roots in 1945 - around 75 years of accumulated experience and knowledge. Our lathes earned a strong reputation as well-engineered and robust machines and we are proud of our heritage.
Many of the designs had only minor changes and upgrades in the last 25 years and whilst there is as strong argument for “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” - we felt it was now possible to improve on our classic machines and develop a new range suited to a broad section of woodturning enthusiasts in a wide range of markets.
The Coronet Herald was the first of these projects and has been a huge success. Our intention was to create a machine that was best-in-class for a benchtop machine - but versatile and capable enough to be used as a floor-standing machine when necessary. It has been popular across a wide spread of users from first-time turners that want a machine that they will not outgrow in a hurry (if at all), to upgraders frustrated by the limitations of cheaper machines but without the space or requirement for a big beast. It is also seen often on the professional demonstration circuit and in teaching rooms, where its compact nature belies its power, torque and capability. The Herald is a versatile and very capable ‘pocket rocket’ that may be all the lathe many users will ever need.
However, for the next step we wanted to find a balance between a superbly capable and compact machine like the Herald and the big, heavy beasts designed mainly for large out of balance work. There is a place for these if the majority of your turning is of very big bowls, platters or hollow vessels – but whilst perfectly specified for those applications they can be big, heavy and tiring to use for smaller work if you enjoy a wider range of projects and turning applications.
We envisaged machines bigger than the Herald, with more power and weight – better suited to those users that do more big and out of balance work – but still compact and user friendly enough to be real ‘all-rounders’ that are just as at home turning a pen or a small piece of jewellery as they are a huge platter up to a metre in diameter.
And this is how the Envoy and Regent were designed. A useful capacity between centres that can be easily increased if necessary. Very usable capacity over the bed but with swivel heads that can increase that even further. Fully cast construction, including the supplied leg stands, and plenty of power and torque on hand make these lathes ideal for the most demanding of tasks.
The Herald lathe is a great choice for smaller workshops, general use and anyone turning up to 14” on a regular basis, which is the vast majority of people. But for those that want more weight, power and capacity to tackle bigger projects more comfortably or turn items over 14” diameter on a regular basis - the Envoy and Regent are a great choice.
The Envoy and Regent - lathes share the same design and features - the only difference being the power, specs and component choices on each machine. The Regent is designed to be the ultimate machine in its class with generous capacities, more than enough motor power and using European-branded inverter and electronics. The Envoy is designed to offer close to Regent performance but at the best price we can manage. So, it has slightly smaller capacities, a lower power motor (though still ahead of many similarly specified rivals) and an OEM inverter to keep costs as low as possible but without losing too much capability. Both machines are backed up by our exceptional Five-year guarantee.
Since 1945, so the expertise has been building for over 75 years.
Many models had received only minor updates over 25 years. The aim was to improve the classics and bring new models to market.
The Coronet Herald. The intention was a first-class bench lathe that also works on the floor when needed — and it became a great success.
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