On Jul 8, 9:06 am, (J T) wrote:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworki...ideArticle.asp...

The lathe thread made me decide to google bit. Because if I had
$1,000 available to spend, ne of the last things I'd sendit on is a
lathe. Not when they're not tat hard to make - in my view anyway. I'd
definitely make some sturdier lookin legs tho.

JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso

I'd make the base as heavy as possible, maybe even
poured concrete. Oversized turnings have a way of making
a lathe want to walk, especially if you don't rough the blank
first.

Speaking of older issues of FWW, does anyone recall the
DIY bowl lathe made from an old VW hub?