Laguna Revo 18/36 or Jet 1640

[Bill Boehme]

Routing the electrical wiring from point A to point B is the majority of the expense (labor) in installing a sub-panel in your garage.
If you are able to do the laborious part of the project yourself and have the electrician complete the final wiring connections you
can cut the overall cost of the project in half.

FWIW, an electrician can do in less than a half hour what it would take most of us most of a day ... not to mention the strained muscles, cuts, and bruises ..... and, bad words said.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Bill you forgot to mention that most electricians charge in an hour what many people make in a day.

 

[Glenn Lefley]

Yep, some of our western states turners really are isolated compared to a lot of the east and midwest. It doesn’t look like you’re an AAW member… if you were you could search the member database to locate individuals near you. Perhaps he (!) has a lathe you’re considering and would be willing to let you have a go. Surprise to me, there are 114 Idaho members alone — then add in the neighboring states’ close-to-the-border members! The $50-60 membership fee is a fraction of the cost of a new lathe and a valuable part of the expense of turning.

How do you search what members are close to you?

 

[Bill Boehme]

You can search city or state, but I don't think there is a way to search within a given radius.

 

[hockenbery]

You can search by postal code.

 

[Bill Boehme]

You can search by postal code.

I just discovered that you can also do a partial zip code. That doesn't give an exact radius, but it is good for searching an area.