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how could someone buy one of these and never use it

all i would do if i had one of these is use it

i may forego food and sleep even


http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/tls/5619237784.html


is the outboard tool rest really large or is that just the way the
photo makes it look

oneway but one question
 

On 07/06/2016 6:08 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
how could someone buy one of these and never use it

all i would do if i had one of these is use it

i may forego food and sleep even


http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/tls/5619237784.html


is the outboard tool rest really large or is that just the way the
photo makes it look


It is large! As is the lathe.
Saw a Laguna in use this evening. One sweet machine!
Graham

oneway but one question
 

On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 7:08:12 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
how could someone buy one of these and never use it

all i would do if i had one of these is use it

i may forego food and sleep even


http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/tls/5619237784.html


is the outboard tool rest really large or is that just the way the
photo makes it look

Impulse buying for someone who has more money than sense ?

oneway but one question
 

On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 22:35:54 -0600
graham wrote:

It is large! As is the lathe.

thought it was just the perspective

could do a lot with a lathe like that


Saw a Laguna in use this evening. One sweet machine!

which model

interesting thing about lagunatools is that there are very few that
i see on the used market

what does it mean

i think it means that they have earned respect and are either not sold
because the buyers are serious and use them for a living

or

they get bought up so quickly

probably both

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On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 04:47:13 -0700 (PDT)
"Dr. Deb" wrote:

Impulse buying for someone who has more money than sense ?

that or they lost the nerve to use it

maybe intimidated

it is a serious machine and not to be used casually

i make mistakes on my lathe and it is forgiving because it is small
those same mistakes on a lathe like that might not turn out the same

oneway but one question
 

On 08/06/2016 11:16 AM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 22:35:54 -0600
graham wrote:

It is large! As is the lathe.

thought it was just the perspective

could do a lot with a lathe like that


Saw a Laguna in use this evening. One sweet machine!

which model

The 18-36.
I looked at the video on how to put one together and almost got backache
from watching it:-)
http://www.lagunatools.com/lathes/18-36
interesting thing about lagunatools is that there are very few that
i see on the used market

what does it mean

i think it means that they have earned respect and are either not sold
because the buyers are serious and use them for a living

or

they get bought up so quickly

probably both

Almost certainly. The quality seems to be outstanding.

oneway but one question
 

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:23:49 -0600
graham wrote:

The 18-36.
I looked at the video on how to put one together and almost got
backache from watching it:-)

everything seems to be getting heavier

of course good lathes are heavy



http://www.lagunatools.com/lathes/18-36

that is the latest one from them with the steel bed instead of cast

supposed to be much better than cast

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Just look at the skews and other tools - those can be lethal.
I've turned for 60+ years on/off/on again It takes time to enjoy.

I taught my son how to turn and he made a few things. He being a teen
at the time was a bit aggressive in his work. One day a bowl shattered
and a chunk hit him in the face mask - at the top head shield. So the
clear was ok, but the white forehead protector shattered.

He decided it wasn't a safe hobby to himself - playing semi-pro in
music. He hasn't touched anything in the shop since unless it was
electronic and his stuff I was fixing for him.

Sometimes all it takes is a wobble in a chunk of wood.

My uncle had a monster lathe and turned hats and large trays.

A round that is sized for a hat might be 160 pounds or more after
truing it into a round.

Martin

On 6/8/2016 12:18 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 04:47:13 -0700 (PDT)
"Dr. Deb" wrote:

Impulse buying for someone who has more money than sense ?

that or they lost the nerve to use it

maybe intimidated

it is a serious machine and not to be used casually

i make mistakes on my lathe and it is forgiving because it is small
those same mistakes on a lathe like that might not turn out the same

oneway but one question
 

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 23:43:45 -0500
Martin Eastburn wrote:

I taught my son how to turn and he made a few things. He being a teen
at the time was a bit aggressive in his work. One day a bowl
shattered and a chunk hit him in the face mask - at the top head
shield. So the clear was ok, but the white forehead protector
shattered.

yes there is a tendency for newcomers to try to take off too much
wood too quickly with results that vary and start at bad and go to
worse and beyond