....And another obvious thing you already know, Bridger. All the
tooling, unique
configuring, accessories and our advice aside; a major problem in
dancing the tricky metal - wood waltz will be the aggravation of
keeping the one well oiled & greased and the other squeaky clean. LDD
and wood sap are OK for wood & human hands, NG for metal lathes. Keep
the ways and saddle covered as well as possible, but I'm betting you
will soon be looking for a proper woodturning lathe. Arch

Fortiter,