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Beautiful!!!!

Been there - done that!!!!!!!

Thank you all for your responses - the ones from Packard look good.

Hope you will forgive me if I kind of hijack your thread for a moment but....... I decided to make a few pepper mills for friends / family for this years Christmas gifts (although your comments are...

All the sawdust!!!!!!!!
and the fact that I have to leave it every day to go to work.

Peter - as an insurance broker by profession my thoughts spring immediately to liability. If one of the children were to be injured you are almost certainly going to be sued (along with the school)...

That is just fantastic.

I tend to stop when the grinding stone hits the handle!!!:D

There is a great forum for pen turning that will offer lots of advice, suggestions etc: www.penturners.org

I have all three. Would not trade them for anything. My old bowl gouges are sitting gathering dust. Obviously not the 'traditional' way of doing things but they work for me. I am very pleased with...

Without wishing to sound too mushy......
I a world so full of trouble it warms my heart and gives me hope for the future to hear such wonderful news. My sincerest congratulations to you both.
Enjoy...

I'm still rather new at this so almost all of my 'experience' and therefore inspiration has come from this website. The rest is from my imagination.

I think they are fantastic - I really like the shapes plus the wonderful grain.

I like it a lot. What fun is life if you can't break a few rules from time to time!!!!

Dan,

I'm fairly new to this myself - so you may want to view my 'advice' with a little caution and wait for the experts to chime in first!! but...... I think you may be trying to take to...

Well after a quick trip to Lowes last night to get a new plug (my wall socket was different) I got things fired up around 8:00pm. WOW - WOW - WOW. I expected an improvement but had no idea how much....

Thank you both. It really is in good condition - well used but well looked after. We spun it up and all run true and so much quieter than my current lathe. It will be nice not to have to wear ear...

So I've been looking for a replacement for my aging Craftsman lathe (loving named 'The Paint Shaker' because it reminds me of the paint can shakers / mixers in the homecenters) for a long time.

I...

Well the price shot up to way beyond my comfort level ($711) in the last few minutes of the auction.
Thank you all for your advice, comments and opinions.

Ian

1. More time - the day job just gets in the way.
2. Some lessons for some one with more experience than me (which is almost everyone). Reading books and watching videos only goes so far.
3. A lathe...

Thank you all. If the auction price doesn't go too high I'm going to take the plunge. I'd love a 3520B but this PM 90 is a lot nearer my current budget. I'm more than happy spending time and elbow...

Hi all,

I'm looking at buying Powermatic 90 lathe. Current asking price is $525. Apparently it is in good working order (although from the photo it could do with a coat of paint). Is this a...

Looking forward to reading your review. I've been looking at one of these myself.

67. My year of birth. Never seems to work for the lottery though!!!!!!!

Suddenly your tag line (or is it signature line) makes sense!!!!!!