On Monday, July 17, 2017 at 5:25:46 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:08:32 -0700 (PDT)
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headstock lathe. You NEVER EVER turn outboard with it. You just
slide the headstock down to the end of the bed and turn off the end
of the bed. The Laguna and Powermatic 3520 and Jet 1640 and Robust
Beauty lathes are all sliding headstock lathes. No outboard to

this is what i thought this lathe did

glad you cleared that up

a really nice feature since it allows you to really get into hollow
forms without having to lean over the bed



Not sure I cleared anything up. I have looked at the Laguna lathes on the website. They are more or less identical to the sliding headstock lathes sold by Powermatic, Jet, Robust, etc. They are NOT the fixed headstock lathes like Oneway and Vicmarc. I have always thought the sliding headstock lathes were always the best way to make a lathe. No bending over the lathe to hollow out a bowl. Just stand at the end of the lathe and look straight into the bowl you are hollowing. No bending and twisting your back sideways.