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Turner's, I'm thinking about getting a larger lathe. My Oneway 1018 is proving to be small for recent needs. I found a Grizzly G0456 that is in super condition. In fact it looks like it has hardly been used. Does anybody have any experience with this product? Thanks! David Happy New Year!

I had received several recommendations on a previous thread regarding my HF lathe going down. However, many are not in the budget (SWMBO won't get a second job). Here are three that I have looked at on the 'Net, read their spec's, reviews and pricing a bit under $300: Rikon 050VS 10X16...

My grandfather took up the hobby of turning wooden pens on a lathe, he's quite experienced with woodworking though. He has a problem when turning ginkgo, its so soft that small little chips of it will rip out. No matter how much he tries to sand it, this always happens and it's never perfectly...

I'll post here as I still consider myself new to the craft. I have a HF lathe, #34706. The headstock and tailstock line up OK. I turn cork for custom fishing rods. I use a piece of 1/4 in .X 12 brass tube for a mandrel. I turned a foregrip today and noticed that the hole was a bit off...

I have recently progressed from making pens to making canes. For me this is a natural progression since I am handicapped and associate with others who also have to use a cane to get around. Since tapered cane blanks are virtually impossible to find, and when you do they are extremely...

Over the years I have had a simple Rockwell Lathe, an old Walker Turner ($100) a General, and now a VicMarc VL200 VS Long Bed. This in addition to my Huge Production CNC Lathe. My question to you all is: Q: "IF you were buying a new Lathe for Spindle work and some average Bowl work, what...

Hi All, Our local AAW club is thinking about upgrading from a old gutless mini Jet 10" lathe/fixed Jet stand, to a midi sized lathe for our monthly club demos. (Think Delta 46-460, Jet 1220, Nova, etc in size.) The make/model for this discussion isn't really important. Our club lost our...