I bought one early on for my 1624, and have only used it a couple of times. I'd take that money and put it toward the DVR upgrade, if you haven't done so yet.
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I bought one early on for my 1624, and have only used it a couple of times. I'd take that money and put it toward the DVR upgrade, if you haven't done so yet.
Are you talking about the DVR upgrade motor and controller for a Nova 1624? I did mine in June of 2016, and ran flawlessly until a few weeks ago. The lathe would stop running with a blank screen...
While visiting my daughter in Duluth, MN, I spotted a relatively large burl on a small branch of the 80’ Blue Spruce in her front yard. I roughed it out when I got home – it was my first coniferous...
I agree about their customer service. My replacement arrived as promised, along with a prepaid return label for the old one. With my old-man skepticism showing when talking with the service rep, I...
The guy took a very positive proactive approach to it, too. I must say it was the best customer service experience I've had in a long time. It is sad that great customer service is the exception to...
Teknatool called me back this morning to tell me another complete unit is shipping out today, along with a prepaid return for the old one. I'm pretty happy with that.
I spoke with someone there this morning who assured me he would check with his electrical guy and call me back. He never did. I'll call him back tomorrow.
In July of last year I got tired of belt swapping on my 1624, and bought their DVR headstock upgrade. I have LOVED it ever since, up until today. While turning some smallish (8" or so) well balanced...
SWEET! (pun intended)
I've had a good bit of success with my lazy process of spalting wood. I leave the logs about 3' long and set them on end in the dirt leaning up against the house and forget about them for about six...
My bride kinda wrinkled her nose at it too.
Saw this on Amazon and had to have it.
I've been happy with my 2hp HF DC, once I installed the Wynn canister filter. It catches to .5 micron vs. the 5 micron with the standard bag filter.
I've been eyeballing the Laguna too. You talked about raising it a little...what is the spindle height? I'm 6'4", and I had to jack up my Nova 1624 to a comfortable height.
Wolverine + CBN wheel = you'll never regret it
The buttons are the only complaint I've had. Other than that, I love it.
I wish I could tell you I have a specific technique. I had amassed a big pile of wood beside my garage. After reading the aforementioned forgotten article, I took a dozen or so various outdated...
I don't recall where I read about it, but I've had really good luck spalting my own wood using beer. River birch, magnolia, sycamore, red maple and more. I leave the logs a little long and don't...
Man, did I open up a bag of cats here. If it will improve my safety reputation (or at least diminish my daredevil reputation), the bowl in the first two pictures was, while risky, not as dangerous...
I appreciate everybody's concern for my safety. I mean that sincerely. I should have led off my post with the fact that I was (as always) out of the line of fire, and had my lathe turning at a low...
One of my favorite parts of this hobby (addiction?) is to challenge myself to do something I've never done before, or might have not thought possible. Case in point is these two red maple blanks...
Osage orange? I like it.
350785I had a similar "feathery" look with a spalted Magnolia platter. About 12" x 1.5" DO finish.
That's a great idea!
This is a 6" x 2 1/2" cherry thingie with Danish Oil finish. It was a challenge, and gave my homemade donut chuck a good workout.350703
C & C, please.