Arrrgghhh! This is one of those where I would like to respond, but for some
reason, my news server does not always get everything in the thread, so I am
tagging on to Mac's response here.

I recently put another lathe into my shop to give students who want to spend
time with me some more opportunities. Besides, there is no such thing as
too many lathes! Because of cost and space considerations, I narrowed my
choices down to the Nova DVR and the Jet 1642. I was asking around about
these two lathes when a friend of mine suggested that I look at the Vega
bowl lathe. To make a long story a little shorter, I did, and there is now
one sitting in my shop. It will spin a 26" bowl, but takes up less floor
space than my Vicmarc mini (with the tailstock removed). If you are
interested in this machine as a possibility, I would be glad to provide
some details.
--
Bill

Bill Grumbine
www.wonderfulwood.com
www.enter.net/~ultradad
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:23:05 -0400, "Tom Nie" wrote:

Would really appreciate hearing your feelings on these lathes.
TomNie

If money is no object, (you ARE considering a Oneway), go for the biggest
Oneway
that you can afford.. *g*

I have the Jet 1442 with the reeves drive and love it... (but having owned
shopsmiths for over 30 years, I'm used to them)

It's the best buy for the money that I could find.. 1/2 the price of a 16"
lathe
and only about $200 more than the 14" Delta... (my research showed that it
was
MUCH more than a 200 difference in quality)

I looked at the 16" lathes, but they were too expensive, took up too much
space
and were way too big for our upcoming move to Mexico...
I went to 14" because the next step up from my Jet mini was a 12" and I
always
try to skip a step..

Look up turning clubs in your area, Tom.. and see what they demo on and
what
some of the members are using.. they might even let you make shavings on a
few
different lathes so you can get the feel for them.. YMM (and probably
will)V


mac

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