"mac davis" wrote in message
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The lathe seems powerful after the mini, and the 12" tool rest is way big
for
bowls... gotta get a new set of rests, since the post is bigger on the
1442..
It walked around when I put an out of balance log on it for a test... but
only
in a straight line, following the slope of the garage floor... a shelf
with a
couple of hundred pounds of logs made it walk less..

Variable speed is handy... the control is sort of in the way at times, but
no
setup is perfect..

Spindle Lock.. WONFERFUL! Why doesn't the mini have one?

Motor and pulleys are very quiet.. maybe twice the sound level of the mini
and
still quiet enough for me to forget it's running and walk away from it..

I like the power switch on the head stock, as opposed to the tail stock
end as
on the mini.. maybe it just makes sense to have it there, or it's my 20+
years
on a shopsmith, but I naturally reach towards a motor when reaching for a
switch..

Yeah, the one horse on the Nova may slip the belt a bit, but doesn't stall.

http://www.bestwoodtools.com/ on the rest. Optimum seems it would be 8" on
a 16" swing for outside. I have no problem with the 12 on the Nova, though
I never used anything but the six on the 12" Delta. That and a curved rest.
You can get posts only if you got your rests from them in the first place.

Hand spin and trim will do more for you and the machine than a heap of
weight. The piece remains as out of balance and prone to depart as if the
machine were unrestrained.

Variable speed is something that only confuses us Polacks.

Had a hex on the other end of Old Blue's shaft, so never really used the
spindle lock. Of course, I was prone to using inertia. PITA on the Nova,
because I forget to take it off.

After a dozen years in jets I couldn't hear a freight train at twelve paces.

I want my power switch where I don't have to reach anywhere near a spinning
lump to turn the machine on or off. Scares me. Move it and learn a new
habit.

You're going to be pushing the size the limit for a while, aren't you? I
know I did. Enjoy.