On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:51:32 -0700, robo hippy wrote:

I have only done a little turning on one. I had a PM 3520A for 8 years,
then got a Robust. I prefer a sliding headstock to the pivoting one.

General lathes have headstocks that both slide and pivot.

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