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I got a lathe, from one of those "Truck Sales" they have going around the Country... for about 99 bucks, and dont know if its a good deal or not, because I hear, and see those programs on Television about people putting on "chucks" for bowls and things like that...dont think this one will either accpet them, or dont know where to get one to do something like that...Hmmmm
I had one from Shop Smith IV that I wasnt impressed about...(basically, it was a pain to have the entire machine in my shop, because it took too much space up, as some one made a platform for it to lay down on with drawers underneath and took WAY too much shop space...rather individual machines instead of the constant set up ..pain, until it was gone)... I had trouble trying to do any work with ash...kept splintering, so, I never attempted anything else again...and sold that shop smith to another sucker!
But, this one, at least is on my work bench, and I was thinking about all those beautiful pens that I see people turning... is it a project for someone who has never used one, or, should I get a lot of experience with it, before trying something like that? Also, where to I buy the blanks and hardware, so that I can do a few beautiful pens...I know those dont come in reds and all the other colors...??? Jesse
I had one from Shop Smith IV that I wasnt impressed about...(basically, it was a pain to have the entire machine in my shop, because it took too much space up, as some one made a platform for it to lay down on with drawers underneath and took WAY too much shop space...rather individual machines instead of the constant set up ..pain, until it was gone)... I had trouble trying to do any work with ash...kept splintering, so, I never attempted anything else again...and sold that shop smith to another sucker!