"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:59:39 -0500, "billh"
wrote:

I have had a 20" General for a couple of years and I would say 16" is a
typical large for me and to be honest most of my hobby stuff is a lot
smaller. Part of the problem is that I can find smaller free hardwood logs
a
lot easier than the big ones around here. Big softwood but I don't really
like it.

What I do like about the large swing of my lathe is that I can put things
like steadies under the workpiece without worrying about clearance. Also
since the General has a fixed headstock, the height of the bed relative to
the height of the spindle makes it easy for me to "bend over the lathe".
You
can also interpret that as "room for my belly". And of course, you can
turn
small things on a big lathe but....

Bill

Hey Bill... have you tried designing a "belly buffing system" yet??
could be a big seller for us abundantly proportioned guys.. *g*



mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

It shouldn't be too hard to sew some Beal buffing wheels to a shirt!
In Bill Grumbine's new DVD (Bill is no runt) he refers to his ample
mid-section as his "turning muscle" for steadying the gouge.
Bill