I think Bud should take a test drive.

As to bearings -- I believe that I am the only person in the US who has replaced the bearings
in his Stubby and many of them have a lot of mileage on them.

I didn't notice that the cord of the drill I was using for sanding was in contact with the
handwheel at the outboard end of the spindle. The friction frayed the insulation and when
that was gone, 110 volts found its way to ground through the bearings. Things got noisy all
of a sudden -- I had welded some of the little balls in there.

The bearings are SKF and are available from any stocking bearing distributor. My local
bearing house didn't have the front bearing in their St. Louis warehouse so I had to wait a
day for them to ship from another warehouse. The replacement of the bearings, getting the
spindle out and back in were straightforward.

While the Oneway uses twice as many bearings, unless they are properly matched, one bearing
of a pair will do the work and the other one won't. They strongly suggest that you let them
do the work at the factory so that a selected, matched set can be fitted.

I have a friend who bought a used large Oneway. The bearings were shot. BTW, he replaced
them himself.

Bill

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Bud,

Both lathes are excellent quality. Both lathes do bowls and spindles.
Both lathes will last you a lifetime with reasonable care. Choose based
on the features you like. I did as complete a comparison as I could and
chose the Oneway. I like the controls on the swinging pesestal and the


locking setscrews on chucks and faceplates so I can turn in reverse with
more confidence. However, your preferences will be specific to you.

Please, though, don't put weight on the 'the Oneway is for spindles and
the Stubby is for bowls' argument. They both do both. Look deeper for
the things that make it comfortable for you to turn.

David
(The Stubby may be back, but the Oneway never left)

Bud wrote:
Will be getting a larger lathe soon. I had decided on a Oneway 2436,
I don't think there is no question by anybody, of the quality of this
lathe. I have not seen the Stubby except for photos, BUT, I have now
read up on Stubby lathes, and found some very desirable design
features in the Stubby, mainly the lathe being very versatile. My
Questions are, aside from design differences, I am very curious on the
Quality differences of the 2 lathes. One main concern (one of the most
important features I feel in a lathe, is headstock bearings), one
feature that makes the Oneway such a smooth running machine is the 4
bearing spindle design, not much info out there of the stubby spindle
bearing design except "dual taper bearings" Any Info from those who
know about the QUALITY differences between the two lathes would
greatly be appreciated ( is the Stubby lacking some ways in the way of
quality, compared to the Oneway). I guess I'm really asking you guys,
which lathe I should get, any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much in advance & SAFE Turning.