I am new to turning and am currently looking at three lathes available
here in Canada in my price range and am seeking advice from any and all
who have experience with any of these models.

King Canada KWL-1016C
General International 25-100M
Delta Shopmaster LA200

In article , rasberry
wrote:

I am new to turning and am currently looking at three lathes available
here in Canada in my price range and am seeking advice from any and all
who have experience with any of these models.

King Canada KWL-1016C
General International 25-100M
Delta Shopmaster LA200

I've never been impressed with King, GI looks solid and I used to that
Delta, but I would include in that the small Jet/PM (which I recall is
available at some locations)

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I'm a pen turner that is looking for unused pen kits, pen kit parts,
unfinished or broken pen kit pens, tools, or any pen making supplies.

Need this for a volunteer project, must be inexpensive.

Al

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"Al" wrote:

I'm a pen turner that is looking for unused pen kits, pen kit parts,
unfinished or broken pen kit pens, tools, or any pen making supplies.

Need this for a volunteer project, must be inexpensive.

Al

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Al... you don't need to post this every day, and what is your project?

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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:58:15 -0800, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:

Al

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Al... you don't need to post this every day, and what is your project?

Considering his message came from individual.net and went through servers
in Germany and Belgium, I'm a mite suspicious.

Came from me in SoCA, USA?

I'm putting together a "learn to make pens" learning outing for Boys & Girls
club.

Al (never been to Belgium or Germany but I'm sure they are nice)

BTW: Sorry for the double post. My first post left some stuff out so I
thought I'd try it again, SORRY!

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:58:15 -0800, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:

Al

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Al... you don't need to post this every day, and what is your project?

Considering his message came from individual.net and went through servers
in Germany and Belgium, I'm a mite suspicious.





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Larry Blanchard wrote:

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:58:15 -0800, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:

Al

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Al... you don't need to post this every day, and what is your project?

Considering his message came from individual.net and went through servers
in Germany and Belgium, I'm a mite suspicious.

So did mine, so what.

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I have 2 "news" servers. One is COX cable and it is terrible!!! I
subscribe to another (newsfeeds.com) that lets me access almost every
newserver. What you are seeing is "newsfeeds" anonymous stuff.

You can be as suspicious as you want... doesn't hurt my feelings! It also
doesn't change the fact that I live and work in the San Diego area of
California, USA. I suspect that I have been "lurking" this group longer
than you have been posting here? In fact if you search hard enough you
might find one of my rare posts from years ago?

The world often turns out not to be as we suspect...

Al


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In article , Larry
Blanchard wrote:

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:58:15 -0800, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:

Al

To reply to me directly: Just remove "REMOVEandADD" from my address
at


Al... you don't need to post this every day, and what is your project?

Considering his message came from individual.net and went through servers
in Germany and Belgium, I'm a mite suspicious.


individual.net is a fantastic, low cost, anti-spam, no binaries, NSP
based at the University of Berlin, so I'd be suspicious if his post
(and this one) DIDN'T pass through servers in Germany and Belgium.




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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:08:14 -0800, Al wrote:

I have 2 "news" servers. One is COX cable and it is terrible!!! I
subscribe to another (newsfeeds.com) that lets me access almost every
newserver. What you are seeing is "newsfeeds" anonymous stuff.

And your path today shows "MISMATCH". You may be perfectly legit, but
I've learned to be suspicious of posters who hide behind anonymous and/or
misdirecting news servers. If my suspicions are unwarranted in your case,
I apologize.

If you're just trying to avoid spam, try getting a decent newsreader with
good filtering ability and/or open another account that you check
infrequently and use that return address in your posts (as I do with
fastmail).

rasberry.... i'm a turner in Calgary and have been turning for a number of years now....started with an old coronet late...went to a union jubillee full size...sold that...got a jet...and now own a General 25-200....advise...if you think you may get hooked..look at the general 200 vs the 100...the differences are substantial...if you can justify the small price difference having variable speed and a more powerful moter, more weight, are well worth while....over the years the cost will seem incidental....this 200 machine turns as well as anything I have worked on...if you get hooked you're going to want to upgrade sooner rather than later....check it out and happy shavings to you!!!!

Ken

"rasberry" wrote in message ...
I am new to turning and am currently looking at three lathes available
here in Canada in my price range and am seeking advice from any and all
who have experience with any of these models.

King Canada KWL-1016C
General International 25-100M
Delta Shopmaster LA200

On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:45:03 +0000, KC wrote:

rasberry.... i'm a turner in Calgary and have been turning for a number
of years now....started with an old coronet late...went to a union
jubillee full size...sold that...got a jet...and now own a General
25-200.


....this 200 machine turns as well as anything I have
worked on...if you get hooked you're going to want to upgrade sooner
rather than later....check it out and happy shavings to you!!!!

Ken

I also have the 200 - you forgot to mention the swivel head and the
outboard 18" swing. It's a great lathe.

But General has had some problems with the speed control circuitry. My
first one didn't work out of the box, the second one lasted for a year.
I'm now on the 3rd and keeping my fingers crossed.

But General is very good about service and is now offering a limited
lifetime waranty. So if you're willing to take a chance on an occasional
outage, it's still a great lathe.

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On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:56:35 -0600, Larry Blanchard
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:45:03 +0000, KC wrote:

rasberry.... i'm a turner in Calgary and have been turning for a number
of years now....started with an old coronet late...went to a union
jubillee full size...sold that...got a jet...and now own a General
25-200.


...this 200 machine turns as well as anything I have
worked on...if you get hooked you're going to want to upgrade sooner
rather than later....check it out and happy shavings to you!!!!

Ken

I also have the 200 - you forgot to mention the swivel head and the
outboard 18" swing. It's a great lathe.

But General has had some problems with the speed control circuitry. My
first one didn't work out of the box, the second one lasted for a year.
I'm now on the 3rd and keeping my fingers crossed.

But General is very good about service and is now offering a limited
lifetime waranty. So if you're willing to take a chance on an occasional
outage, it's still a great lathe.

I too have the same General, the first controller failed
even before I start using it. The company that's sell it to
me replaced it immediately. Now, after using it for less
than a month the controller look like it's going to failed
soon. The two years warranty coming up very shortly, what
should I do (call the seller or General)? Further, anyone
know what's wrong with the controller and maybe replacing
certain parts in the circuit board?

Thanks

On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:56:35 -0600, Larry Blanchard
wrote:

Hi Larry,

Did you also buy the bed extension, any good? Further, do
you have any suggestion for a lathe duplicator for this
lathe. I use this lathe for turn parts like pen and small
objects?

Thanks

On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:45:03 +0000, KC wrote:

rasberry.... i'm a turner in Calgary and have been turning for a number
of years now....started with an old coronet late...went to a union
jubillee full size...sold that...got a jet...and now own a General
25-200.


...this 200 machine turns as well as anything I have
worked on...if you get hooked you're going to want to upgrade sooner
rather than later....check it out and happy shavings to you!!!!

Ken

I also have the 200 - you forgot to mention the swivel head and the
outboard 18" swing. It's a great lathe.

But General has had some problems with the speed control circuitry. My
first one didn't work out of the box, the second one lasted for a year.
I'm now on the 3rd and keeping my fingers crossed.

But General is very good about service and is now offering a limited
lifetime waranty. So if you're willing to take a chance on an occasional
outage, it's still a great lathe.

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:35:15 -0800, Turner wrote:

Hi Larry,

Did you also buy the bed extension, any good? Further, do you have any
suggestion for a lathe duplicator for this lathe. I use this lathe for
turn parts like pen and small objects?


No, I didn't get the extension, but it's hard to really screw up what is
just a milled chunk of cast iron :-).

I have no experience or info on a duplicator.

As I mentioned, I've been happy with General's service, so if you're
having trouble call them.

And if anyone who has one of these lathes is, or has a friend who is, an
EE we'd all like to know what he/she thinks of the circuitry.

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"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
om...
And if anyone who has one of these lathes is, or has a friend who is, an
EE we'd all like to know what he/she thinks of the circuitry.

No EE but electronincs tech I am. Also a professional machinist ( more than
you needed to know, I'm sure). The only reason(s) that I would ever own an
electronic variable speed lathe a
(1) It was cheap.
(2) It was easily convertable to step pully drive.
EVS is a (very, very) minor convenience. Speeds for turning wood are VERY
non criticle. What are you going to do ten years down the road when it stops
working and there are no replacements?