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charlieb wrote:

What say you?

How much horsepower drives your lathe? Is the drive geared? The reality
of arm-brace tools is that even with fairly long overhang, you have
enough leverage to stop the spindle dead, and smoke whatever smokes
(belt, motor, etc) on any reasonable wood lathe most normal humans run.

If you have a 5-10 hp geared-drive lathe, that might be different. If
you have that lathe, there's not much excuse for using any sort of hand
tool on it, actually. Chuck the tools in a toolholder and spin dials or
tell the CNC where to put the tool.

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