On Mar 3, 3:00 pm, Brian Henderson
wrote:
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:57:09 GMT, Lobby Dosser

wrote:
Brian Henderson wrote:
Then I'm not typical because the overwhelming majority of my buys have
been brand new. Then again, just about every serious woodworker I
know also bought primarily new. The cost of a pretty decent shop is
going to be in the neighborhood of $10K, if you can find a house for
that much, buy it.
Does that include the forklift?

I have yet to ever find myself needing a forklift of any size and only
once or twice thought a pallet jack might be sort of useful. Where
are you going to park the forklift when you're not using it anyhow?
Isn't that just wasted space that you could have more tools or
storage?

Regarding the 3 lathes - you state: (1) small and (2) larger metal
lathe, and (3) wood lathe...
Instaed of 3 - just get one old used USA made metal turning lathe -
Like a South Bend 13...plenty about if you look - even high school
metal shops...use it for the small, larger and for the wood lathe -
just bolt a piece angle to crossslide and go - I have been making
beautiful wood turnings on my SB 13 for years...and even if a bit worn
- will work better than most imports, and the home shop doesn't really
need brand new accuracy anyhow - plus once you get to know it - you
can make it as accurate as you understand the machine...it's a woman
though - but a good one..
For wood - I use hgihest (factory) speed most the time (1100 rpm) on
13 inch metal lathe - and that works fine - I can even make 1/8 thin
dowels just fine at that speed (most would say too slow) ..it can even
be a bit fast idf turning 12" logs. I like the SB weight and drive so
much I bought a shot 16/24 gap bed just to turn into a wood
lathe...far outperfoms any factory wood lathe when you put a 14' out
of balnce log on it (columns for a fireplace mantel)