<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Top quality large bowl lathes<div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Oneway 2436 24” swing x 36” centers 30-3050 RPM</span></li><li><span class="s1"><font face="Arial">Powermatic 3520 B or the more recent C model 20” </font></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">swing, 16-3000 RPM. VFD</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Robust American Beauty standard or long bed 25” swing capacity x 28” spindle length on standard bed VFD </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(47, 47, 43); color: rgb(47, 47, 43); font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">50 - 3000 RPM</span></li><li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Arial;">Vicmark VL300 Short bed </span><span style="font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);">EVS 10 - 3000rpm, 600mm swing x 550 mm spindle length</span></li></ul></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I have the American beauty long bed and love it. I’ve turned on a Vickmarc and it’s great as well. I have friends in my turning club who swear by either the Oneway or Powermatic. Stuart Batty is high on the Vicmark.</span></p><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice.</div><div><br></div><div>A life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 9, 2022, at 10:20 PM, chuck.steger--- via Woodworkers <woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> At the first of the year I jubilantly declared that I had cut a burl at Christmas and was going to turn my first burl. I prepared the burl to a rough diameter of 14” and it weighed around 25 lbs. (it’s now around 17 lbs.). I knew I had to slow my lathe down for something of that size and weight. I have a Grizzly G0462 that is supposed to go from 600 rpm to 2400 rpm. I bought it used and, quite frankly, it never went below 1200 rpm. I wasn’t doing bowls so my speed range worked. Now, however, I need it to go slow. Several calls to Grizzly and several builds and rebuilds since then and I can’t slow it down. Now obviously I haven’t worked on it non-stop since January (this thing called life) but I just tried by last hail-Mary after talking to Grizzly. We both agreed if this didn’t work, it wasn’t going to work. It didn’t and they can’t tell me why.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> So, I’m on to plan B – a new lathe. I bought it used for $250 so I figure I can sell this discounted for $100 with a full disclosure that it will only drop to 1100 rpm (I did manage a 100 rpm drop </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">). Does that sound fair?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> But my main question is what lathe to buy? I always said my next lathe would be my last lathe so I’m willing to spend the bucks. When I first got into woodworking (many moons ago), Oneway was the king of lathes. But now I see Powermatic is good. Scott Phillips uses a Rikon that looks pretty cool. Anyway, what say you? If you wanted the ultimate lathe, what would you buy? I’m willing to dish out some cash if I think it’s worth it. I see where Powermatic sells one for $10,500 but it would have to turn the wood for me </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.</span><br><span>Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</span><br><span></span><br><span>To unsubscribe from this list -</span><br><span>http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</span><br><span></span><br><span>Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -</span><br><span>woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org</span></div></blockquote></div></body></html>