Just turned a practice spindle, seems to work well though I need to really adjust the rattly pulleys and probably replace the belt. And master the freakin' skew chisel, but I think I'll take on the easy stuff first. :)
Mark
Houston, too, aren't you. If
Nope ... don't belong to the club, but I did take Chris to raise at one time, sort of ;) ... (bought one of his rifles when he first started out, the long term loan of a truck at the time, and took him along on a Mexican dove hunt with a bunch of my clients back in the high roller days of the oil bidness, which he'll never forget, or live down, cuz I taught him a thing or two about wing shooting, IIRC).
AAMOF, and back on topic, he's the guy who told me about HF when it first opened here in Houston.
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Funny ... although I haven't seen him in a long while myself, I do listen to him on KPFT on occasion. But, as it happens, I will see him this Saturday. I'm hired to sub on bass for a band at a local music festival and I understand that Chris's band will be playing on the bill.
Besides being an artisan with the rifles, he's also a talented multi-instrumentalist who's done work in my recording studio down through the years. AAMOF, I engineered and produced that album ("Pecos Wind"?) that he did years ago with the likes of Kenny Baker, Uncle Josh Graves, Byron Berline, Charlie Cline, Roland White, Beppe Gambetta, to name a few ... that boy can hang with the best musically.
I'll mention that you were asking about him in the wild woods of Usenet.
I own a 46-700, and its been good to me. The belts do need to be replaced from time to time according to my buddy who has one as well, but I've been using it (moderate use) for about 5 years and not replaced mine yet. The stand is not to my liking and tended to vibrate much too much so I built a big box and filled it with sandbags and mounted the lathe on top, with rock solik results and mimimal vibration. Mutt.
It might be true for the kit guns that people buy and assemble. I'm not sure, it's been a long time and I've not seen many of them, anyway. Custom-made muzzleloaders are an entirely different breed from the mass-produced ones. Well, depending on the gunsmith, too.
I'll do my best to respectively disagree. I do good work on my HF 12x36. The wood goes round and round and I cut off the parts I want to then I sand and finish and sell them.
What part of this equation doesn't make sense to you? If you are buying a tool to earn money with, buy the cheapest one that will do the job rather than missing income opportunities while you save for a 'better' one. I've been turning only about a year. My HF lathe long ago paid for itself and the wood keeps going round and round and round. Just like on a Nova except not as slow (stay awake when chucking!) and I don't have as much expense to recover before putting money in my pocket.
Some day I'll probably get a Stubby or a Woodmaster -- "The Whole Enchilada" makes my eyes glaze over. Or maybe even one of the bigger Novas. But I'm making money right now instead of waiting for the day I could afford what the tools snobs think of as an entry level tool. And that, for me, is the name of the game.
Bill
Mon, Nov 7, 2005, 5:02pm (EST-2) snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net (John=A0DeBoo) did sayeth it like it is: Amen JOAT, and who cares if it loses 75% of its cost as you go out the door. Its being bought to use, not to resell.
Perzactly. Mine does what I got it for, it will outlast me, I don't intend to get rid of it, so I don't care what its resale value is. And, I painted it yellow.
The ONLY way I would upgrade is if I turned Pro turner - the Woodworking Gods giggled at that thought. But, if it did, I'd probably make the next one. May eventually make a bowl turning lathe anyway. I'd still keep the HF lathe in either event. Inexpensive doesn't always mean cheap.
JOAT If it ain't broke, don't lend it.
- Red Green
W Canaday wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@replyonlist.com:
Finally, a voice of reason.
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