In article , DoN. Nichols says...

If you ever get to using the lever-style closer (with long stock
through the spindle, and something to control it from whipping at the
outboard end, which can be *very* dangerous), you probably won't want to
even consider the handwheel.

I'm glad somebody said that - I was going to but got distracted.
My first 9" SB had a lever closer, and I went out of my way to
find one for the 10 machines. They are unbelieveably handy and
can be used for other stuff like swaging small tubing to size
as well.

Like they say, a) try Royal, and b) keep the lever closer.

Jim

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