"Gerald Ross" wrote in message

Steve Russell has almost stumbled onto the answer to the problem, but it
has eluded even him. Here it is: build an addition onto the shop and set
up an assembly line of LATHES, one dedicated to faceplates, one with a
large bowl chuck, one for small spigot jaws, one for cole jaws, etc. You
could probably get a discount on buying lathes in quantity. One nasty
problem remains, however: walking from one lathe to the other.

LOL.

Solution: Large shop, lathes oriented in a circular pattern, and the turner
stands on a single spot on an in-floor turntable. Push a remote control
button and advance to the next lathe, as it were. Or better yet, pay
someone to do your turning so you needn't soil your hands.

A more economical alternative is to have several chucks available for use,
each with a different set of jaws. This would be a reasonable alternative
for the large-scale production turner, I'd think. The rest of us will
simply have to muck on through with jaw-changing.

Max