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Meet My New Girlfriend

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Wife approved, so I would stop bugging her. New girlfriend moving in soon.

Her name is Victoria but also goes by Vikki. She is a super model from Australia and has a solid head on her shoulders to provide me with stability. I’ve looked at models from Canada, United States, China and other areas but none could satisfy my needs quite like Vikki.
Vikki has an inside and outside bed to fulfill my passion. When we go dancing she has twin tail stocks that swing away with flexibility. She is so talented with her two banjos that she uses to seduce my imagination and artistry. With her power and flexibility we can handle anything together, she has no problem adjusting to my height. She is so thorough that when I push her buttons she responds remotely satisfied. She takes safety seriously, when we are playing, and will stop quickly a couple of ways before someone gets hurt. She is slim line and at a perfect weight so she is not to light and anemic or to bulky and cumbersome.

The Canadian model was set in her ways which normally I like. She would only move in ONEWAY though. She required me to redecorate my fixtures to fit her style. If we start our relationship like that what else might I have to change down the road?
One of the U.S. models was a SERIOUS contender. She was the heaviest of all models which was not a concern. After all everyone has a different body shape. As with the Canadian model she required that I change my fixtures to suit her and neither of them was very flexible with my height.
The other U.S. model, she was an AMERICAN BEAUTY, and the Chinese model; she had plenty of POWER which came autoMATIC, were both to unstable in the head for my liking. Depending on the issue at hand they slid all over the place. I needed someone more set in their ways which would offer me more stability in my life and with my style.

There were a few other models I looked at early on. One insisted on being called by her initials VB. Another had a cute name VEGA and yet another had an odd name STUBBY. Can you imagine introducing someone to your new girlfriend STUBBY or VB. These models were eliminated quickly since two were fairly limited on what they would do for me unless I dressed them to the hilt. Then one would require too much space and the other did not have enough accessories to fit her. The other would move around in so many configurations that it confused me. She still would have been nice but she wouldn’t leave her homeland so moving her here would have been difficult.

All these models were very nice but alas I settled on the perfect one for me, my personality and style.

Thank you Christian and Jeri for introducing me to Victoria and you are welcome to visit us anytime.
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Isn’t she wonderful? She is a little blue from having to leave her family but I am sure she will settle in nicely. I hope you enjoyed meeting her and find humor with my thought process on choosing her.

In seriousness it is like having two lathes in one and I don’t have to lose shop space with two lathes. When I rough turn I can go from roughing the outside to coring the blank without having to stop and switch chucks or change setups. I can simply go from inboard side to outboard side or vise versa. This will give me less handling of the blanks and hopefully spare my back some pain. This process will also be used in finish turning bowls as well. Vicmarc, thank you for such a well built and thought out lathe, you are a leader in the lathe industry. Thank you to Woodworkers Emporium for having the patience and taking the time to get this right the first time through.
 
Congrats on the new lathe. Vicmarc makes quality products.

As an aside, boy, I’d hate that job! Worse than playing an air-guitar hawking pizzas on the street corner; dressed as Lady Liberty on tax day; or even selling door-to-door magazine subscriptions. Their arms must just about fall off at the end of the day.
 
Very cute, dbonertz. I guess the Sweet 16 is too young for you. I hope your wife doesn't get too jealous of your Australian model. Christian and Jeri are nice to do business with.
 
Question:

If the swing on the outboard is the same as the swing on the inboard, then what would be the purpose of having the outboard turning capability?

Note: I see the length of the bed looks like the only difference between inboard and outboard......does this make the difference?

ko
 
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Three things for me Odie. First I am not a fan of sliding head stocks. I have cored with them and they just are not as stable as a fixed head. Second standing more upright when sanding or turning the inside is a plus and the only advantage sliding head stocks had over fixed. With the shorter outboard bed I have addressed that convenience. Lastly I rough turn for roughoutbowls.com. I rough turn the exterior and stack them on the floor in garbage bags. When I get the outside of that 20, 30 or 40 rounds done I reset up and handle all the blanks again to core them or turn the inside. By having both ends I can turn the outside, take the blank to the other end of the lathe and core it right away. A lot less handling and bending over to pick up blanks which should help save this 54 year old back some pain.
 
Dale ,
People have been using the 17" outboard on the ONEWAY for a short bed for a long long time
Especially for hollowing.

Your setup looks terrific. Two tailstocks and two banjos.... Nice!!

Sliding headstocks are fine. But not as convenient as the short bed IMHO.
 
Three things for me Odie. First I am not a fan of sliding head stocks. I have cored with them and they just are not as stable as a fixed head. Second standing more upright when sanding or turning the inside is a plus and the only advantage sliding head stocks had over fixed. With the shorter outboard bed I have addressed that convenience. Lastly I rough turn for roughoutbowls.com. I rough turn the exterior and stack them on the floor in garbage bags. When I get the outside of that 20, 30 or 40 rounds done I reset up and handle all the blanks again to core them or turn the inside. By having both ends I can turn the outside, take the blank to the other end of the lathe and core it right away. A lot less handling and bending over to pick up blanks which should help save this 54 year old back some pain.

OK, thanks Dale.......

Considering your beliefs, needs and methods, your reasoning makes perfect sense to me! 🙂

Thanks for letting us know about roughoutbowls.com......I've added that to my list of sources for wood! 😎

ko
 
Wow, that's a lot of lathe! It fits your long skinny shop perfectly, but how are you going to aim it to get the chips into the dumpster? Maybe you'll need more shower curtains.

Loved your humorous approach to the announcement. Hope the two of you are very happy together. (And you don't wear her out!)

See you in a few weeks.

Dean
 
Dean,
I thought I'd cut a hole in the side wall and stack chips in the neighbors yard. She is 94 and doesn't get on that side of the house very often. What do you think? See you at the Rocky Mountai Woodturning Symposium.
 
Dean, I thought I'd cut a hole in the side wall and stack chips in the neighbors yard. She is 94 and doesn't get on that side of the house very often. What do you think? See you at the Rocky Mountai Woodturning Symposium.

Hey it's windy enough in Colorado they won't be there too long. 🙂
I'm sure you have seen Trent's dust collection barrel 🙂
 
Dean,
I thought I'd cut a hole in the side wall and stack chips in the neighbors yard. She is 94 and doesn't get on that side of the house very often. What do you think? See you at the Rocky Mountai Woodturning Symposium.

Depends on A) how much roof overhang you have on that side of the house and B) how the Boss feels about the idea. The December Howlers are downslope, so the chips will blow right out into the street. D'ya think the neighbors will guess where they came from?
 
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