On 1 Dec 2005 13:02:13 -0800, "fatpie"
wrote:

I would follow your advice, but there's really nothing I can do about
it. It's not my lathe, it's really my dad's, though he bought it for
me to learn on. He spent a huge amount of effort getting it, and I
really couldn't complain at all.

That equipment is just fine. Plenty of really nice work is turned out
on those machines. I presume the lathe is the 9x20?
Good first project is the compound mount upgrade.

Rex