At this point of my slide down the slippery slope of turning,
I've paid for but not yet picked up a SuperNova2 chuch and
the 1" 8TPI insert for my JET midi.

[Woodcraft marketing folks are clever. I could buy it
by the Thursday before their Labor Day Weekend
No Sales Tax (8.25% savings around here) Sale
on sale
- $159.99 for the chuck at the sales price,
- $ 24.99 for the insert at normal price
+8.25% sales tax
or wait and get it during the No Sales Tax Sale and
buy it for the normal price but pay no sales tax
- $199.99 for the chuck at the normal price
- $ 24.99 for the insert at normal price

WHY DON'T THEY JUST SAY $160 INSTEAD OF
$159.99?

Calculator says skip the No Sales Tax Sale,
buy the chuck on sale at $160 and save
$24.255

So now I've got another $24.255 to spend!
Figure another set of jaws would come in
handy. Will the "spigot" jaws come in handy
for holding the "tenon"/dowel end of the
drawer pulls I intend to make?

Seems as if this slope is getting steeper.
$350 midi lathe
$ 69 StebCenter
$200 chuck
$200 +/- for some chisels and gouges
and there's still a couple of tool rests to
acquire and maybe a collets chuck. Then
there's the Escoulen (sp?) eccentric
chuck for around $275 . . .

Ah, but the cost of wood should go way down
relative to furniture making needs. And
I'm sure I can get buy on just one meal a
day. A wood burning stove - that's what
I need! What I save in gas and electric
costs will surely free up some funds
for MORE TOOLS! BIGGER LATHE(S),
MORE POWER!!!!!

PENS! I can make a bunch of pens and
sell them at craft fares. Yeah, that'll
provide plenty of money for MORE
STUFF!

Raaapidly accelerating down the slippery
slope

charlie b