In article .com,
"robo hippy" wrote:

I will
take my M/S drill, and have it repaired which is usually about $75. I
probably could repair it myself, but they can do it a lot faster, and
easier than I can.

I think you're selling yourself short as well as paying at least $50 too
much over buying the bearings and replacing them yourself. I can
certainly understand your reluctance to regularly plop down $75 twice a
year to repair a tool - but it's something that's easy to do and only
costs the price of the bearings.

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.