In the cameron, Mo. area. It's my understanding Vega is a good lathe.

I usually post on Rec. Woodworking forum, so I hope you turners don't
mind my posting this. Looks like this may be a good deal, if the
price remains low:
http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa...897&acctid=430

Wish I could do some decent turning.

Sonny

That looks suspiciously like a meta lathe.

Deb


Sonny wrote:

In the cameron, Mo. area. It's my understanding Vega is a good lathe.

I usually post on Rec. Woodworking forum, so I hope you turners don't
mind my posting this. Looks like this may be a good deal, if the
price remains low:
http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa...897&acctid=430

Wish I could do some decent turning.

Sonny

On Sun, 3 Jul 2011 15:10:51 -0500, Dr. Deb wrote
(in message ) :

http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa...897&acctid=430

it is a duplicating lathe - basically a wood turning lathe with a Vega
duplicating attachment. The spiked wheel you see travels the duplicating
cutter back and forth along the ways. The cutter is a hollow ground vee
shape, mounted on a spring-loaded spindle which is guided by a follower that
drags along a pattern mounted on the ways. The pattern goes in and out - the
follwer goes in and out - the cutter goes where the follower goes. (I have an
"old" Vega duplicator unit that bolts on to my Shopsmith - have not used it
in years)
tom koehler

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I will find a way or make one.

That is a copy lathe so it seems to me.

Wood copy - e.g. spindles...

Chain pulls in the cutter.

Can be manual mode or copy mode. Looks nice.

Martin

On 7/3/2011 3:10 PM, Dr. Deb wrote:


That looks suspiciously like a meta lathe.

Deb


Sonny wrote:

In the cameron, Mo. area. It's my understanding Vega is a good lathe.

I usually post on Rec. Woodworking forum, so I hope you turners don't
mind my posting this. Looks like this may be a good deal, if the
price remains low:
http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa...897&acctid=430

Wish I could do some decent turning.

Sonny