On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:59:23 GMT, Alan Van Art wrote:

The October issue of Wood Magazine has a couple of articles concerning
the Rikon lathe. I highly recommend you pick up a copy and read it, but
to sum it up a bit, the Rikon is a lot of lathe for the money. One of
the articles ,however, points out that it is not just the lathe that you
need to be concerned with purchasing. The lathe purchase leads to many
other 'needs' not the least of which is lathe tools, and a sharpening
system. Everyone knows how expensive both of these items alone can be.
This article explains how one could purchase the lathe and all of the
necessities for under $600, and still get solid, useful items. Again, I
highly recommend this article for any beginners.

Good point!

I was just explaining the "addiction" to a friend that's been learning in my
shop..

Sure, the Jet mini is a great deal for $250 or so, and you can get a starter set
of chisels for maybe $60...

Of course, that won't have bowl gouges, scrapers, the beading tools that he has
been using, etc, etc...

He likes my Talon chuck, which is another $200....
He also has been learning with a Sorby stub center, a good quality live center
with magnetic changeable tips, etc...

I would guess that before I got the larger lathe, I'd already spent more than 3
or 4 times the price of the mini on "add-ons"..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing