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Well I ordered the Rikon wood lathe tonight should be here this week. I'll keep you all informed on how it stands up to a rough guy like me.
The one that it is replacing is the daul tubed grizzly got it as a gift from my brother for Christmas and it turned a lot of pens but for candle sticks it was rough on it I went through 2 belts and one madrel pully it is variable speed. The new one I'll have to change belts to change my speed. Every where I looked for and found reviews on this model came back with good words for it so I guess I'll be a tester for it. First thing I'm going to be turning on it is candle stick holders I'll be using 2" stock about 8-10" in length. The nice thing that really turned me on about this machine was that I can get extensions in the future to be able to turn up to 40+ inches. The grizzly only turns to 20" and that was pushing it with all the vibration with the bigger turnings. I'm going to keep it though and teach my children how to turn a pen. Even with the new one might just tackle some bowls as long as I can get the right stock for them.