I am thinking of a Oneway lathe. Who are their competitors that I should
also check out?

Powermatic, Stubby, Vicmarc.........to name a few. I'm sure there are
others.

Barry


"Jeff Johnson" wrote in message
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I am thinking of a Oneway lathe. Who are their competitors that I should
also check out?

My next lathe (someday) will be either a Oneway or a Poolewood.

"Jeff Johnson" wrote in message ...
I am thinking of a Oneway lathe. Who are their competitors that I should
also check out?

"Jeff Johnson" wrote" I am thinking of a Oneway lathe. Who are their
competitors that I should also check out?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Stubby. The sales situation is a little "iffy" right now, due to the rate
of exchange on the dollar. Craft Supplies still has some. John Jordan, who
was the US distrubutor, has changed his role, but it seems he will continue
to sell and service them. Bill Rubenstein is becoming the exclusive new US
distributor, but has not yet received his first shipment of lathes, and does
not yet know what the price will be. His e-mail address is

My next lathe (someday) will be either a Oneway or a Poolewood.

I have used a Poolewood and it is awesome. Direct drive so it is quiet and
smooth. Lot's of horsepower so it will turn most anything. I've seen bowl
blanks roughed out on this lathe that needed two people to get the blank and
faceplate on the lathe. Enough accessories to satisfy the most critical.
Gee, I wish I could afford one and had a place to put it.

Harry

"Harry B. Pye" wrote in message

I have used a Poolewood and it is awesome. Direct drive so it is quiet and
smooth. Lot's of horsepower so it will turn most anything. I've seen bowl
blanks roughed out on this lathe that needed two people to get the blank
and
faceplate on the lathe. Enough accessories to satisfy the most critical.
Gee, I wish I could afford one and had a place to put it.

Are Poolewoods imported into the US? If so, whom is the importer?

Max

I have used a Poolewood also. I agree with you! Its a joy to use.

"Harry B. Pye" wrote in message

I have used a Poolewood and it is awesome. Direct drive so it is quiet and
smooth. Lot's of horsepower so it will turn most anything. I've seen bowl
blanks roughed out on this lathe that needed two people to get the blank and
faceplate on the lathe. Enough accessories to satisfy the most critical.
Gee, I wish I could afford one and had a place to put it.

Harry

"Maxprop" wrote in message
link.net...

"Harry B. Pye" wrote in message

I have used a Poolewood and it is awesome. Direct drive so it is quiet
and
smooth. Lot's of horsepower so it will turn most anything. I've seen
bowl
blanks roughed out on this lathe that needed two people to get the blank
and
faceplate on the lathe. Enough accessories to satisfy the most critical.
Gee, I wish I could afford one and had a place to put it.

Are Poolewoods imported into the US? If so, whom is the importer?

Max


David Ellsworth on the east coast.

http://www.ellsworthstudios.com/

http://www.poolewood.co.uk/

I attended his school of woodturning a while back. Great experience, check
it out on his web site.

Junior

Since Leo has mentioned the change concerening the Stubby I think I'll jump in.

I have formed Stubby Lathe USA, Inc., a corporation which has been appointed the sole and
exclusive importer of the Stubby Lathe product line into the United States. I currently have
an order of S750s due in November (I'm hoping a little earlier) and a second order which will
follow. For now if somebody wants a S1000 I will be happy to get one but stocking of the
S1000 will come later.

I will be selling the machines directly and there will also be a limited number of re-
sellers. John Jordan will be one of the re-sellers.

The electronics package will be somewhat changed from what you see currently. For the US
market the VFD will no longer be under the base of the machine but will be accessable. Also
the remote unit will be full function rather than having just start and stop buttons.

Pricing is not yet firm but I will be doing that as soon as possible. It will be
competitive.

If you haven't seen a Stubby or haven't used one, and are in the market for a really nice
lathe, you really should do that before you make a buying decision. There is a large group
of happy owners around the country and it is likely that we can hook you up with one of them
who isn't too far from your home. My belief is that if you try one you will want it -- that
is the way most of them have been sold in the past.

We would also be happy to invite you into the chat group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stubbygroup so you can see for yourself who the owners are and
what they and potential owners are talking about.

We will have a web site up as soon as possible but there is a lot to do right now so I hope
that everybody will understand.

You may contact me directly via .

Please forgive this commercial notice -- I really hadn't intended doing it yet and had not
intended doing it this way but am happy that the cat is out of the bag. I will try to keep
the commercials off the group.

I've retired three times already and had no intention of getting into yet another business.
But, the Stubby is just too good a product to be unavailable in the US market due to the
weakness of the dollar which is down 30% against the Australian dollar in the last two years.
That must change, I hope!


Bill Rubenstein

Hi Bill, All best wishes for success in your new enterprise. Should be
assured with a quality person and active turner selling a quality
product. Like J.J. before you, you will ornament the business. FWIW, if
I ever decide to go first class, it will be a stubby. Will your name be
cast into the bed? Regards, Arch

p.s. You have earned the right not to apologize for the commercial.
Maybe we should amend the bylaws so that the 2 week rule is exempted for
each topical post. ie. For each topical post an additional sales pitch
is allowed. A.

Fortiter,


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

Arch:


Thanks for the good wishes. And we have decided that the bed is too short to carry my name
and I don't want it to be any longer. Also, I don't want to give folks the opportunity to
say "who the hell is that?!"

Bill

In article , says...
Hi Bill, All best wishes for success in your new enterprise. Should be
assured with a quality person and active turner selling a quality
product. Like J.J. before you, you will ornament the business. FWIW, if
I ever decide to go first class, it will be a stubby. Will your name be
cast into the bed? Regards, Arch

p.s. You have earned the right not to apologize for the commercial.
Maybe we should amend the bylaws so that the 2 week rule is exempted for
each topical post. ie. For each topical post an additional sales pitch
is allowed. A.

Fortiter,


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings