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Owen Lowe

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Moshe, Your beautiful little daughter couldn't be upgraded.
Congratulations!

Agreed!

In retrospect however, I may have downgraded your idea. I seem to
remember that Fred Holder used an outboard attachment on a comet or a
similar size mini. I think he published an article in "More Woodturning"
about it.

Anyway it seems feasible and wouldn't mess up your existing lathe. You
could probably fabricate one out of the metal. Maybe a toolpost and a
separate toolrest also.

I'm not sure how you would get that to work on the Jet or Delta
mini/midi. The handwheel on the outboard of the headstock acts as a
pre-load for the two headstock bearings. One can't remove the handwheel
without the spindle coming loose.

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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.