I bought a Record bowl lathe a few years ago for about $500.00 delivered.
The stand is mounted to the floor with lag bolts. I would like a VB36 but
this one lets me stand in front of it and turn bowls and hollow forms up to
18" diameter, larger if I figured how to slow it down some. Mostly a lathe
needs to turn wood 'round. After that it is stability and bragging rights.
The discussion is interesting but for all you newbies or for guys and gals
like me who dream of having enough money to have a budget :-) get somehting
that turns wood and have fun.
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS
http://aroundthewoods.com
http://roundopinions.blogspot.com
"David Wade" wrote in message
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Arch and all...
Trying to argue which lathe is 'best' based on specifications and
capabilities is an exercise in futility. Most of the well known 'good'
lathes out there are, in fact, good lathes. What makes one a 'better'
choice is the way it fits how the user works. Considering what I like to
do and for the idiosyncrasies I am and am not willing to put up with, the
Oneway was the best choice. For a friend, it was the Stubby 1000. For
another it was a Powermatic. For some turners it is a Jet Mini. In some
particularly unusual, and difficult to understand, situations it is an N3K
;o) . Different strokes for different folks. We should give up with trying
to determine the 'best' overall lathe and focus on a best match with the
user profile - and it ain't the hoary old "one's a spindle machine and the
other's a bowl machine" nonsense.
David
fivetiter
Arch wrote:
Bill, Leo V. & interested others, I don't mean to be disagreeable. Just
asking questions of knowledgeable
friends. I turn things that fit on people's tables or on their shelves
from decent native timber blanks and I _sincerely want to know what
important advantages I am missing or at least compromising.
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Everything else being equal as possible:
For turning say a 4 in. tall X 7 in. d. maple blank to make a bowl, why
is a Oneway or a Stubby superior to my Jet mini or my VL100?
For turning a 1 1/2 in. X 12 in, cherry blank to make a platter, why is
a Oneway or a Stubby superior to my N3K ?
I assume there are good reasons why and I'm happy to listen to them.
TIA.
Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter
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