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On 21 Feb 2006 22:19:54 -0800, wrote:

I recently bought an old Walker Turner wood lathe at an estate sale.
It is about 50 or 60 years old and has some problems. One of them is a
slanted tool rest. The top of the tool rest is not parallel to the
axis of the headstock and tailstock. It drops about 1/4 of an inch from
one side of a 12" rest to the other end. How important is this? As
you quessed, I am just learning to turn..................... Thanks
............

I'd replace it right away... probably find a new one that would fit at Lee
Valley or Penn State Ind....

If you were an experienced turner, you might compensate for it, but it's a
really, really bad idea IMO to learn under those conditions...

Kind of like learning to drive in a car that wants to turn left all the time...
you learn to compensate and might do a few donuts in a different car.. *g*

Mac

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