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I'm going to go "against the grain" here and suggest you burn it. Often times we get too hung up in the work invested to discard a piece that will be either unsafe to turn or artistically...

Brent at Robust here. Thank you Dan for buying Bill's lathe so quick. I know you'll be happy with it. I'll step up and speak for Mr Grumbine: He bought a new one just like it. We've made some...

That's a hoot Steve. I printed this out and put it on the bulletin board for the guys in the shop. They loved it !

Merry Christmas to all you Creekers - Brent at Robust Tools

Just some extra info here from Brent at Robust Tools. Steve Sinner and his business partner Jerry Sergeant have indeed been making toolrests with a hardened rod longer than Robust Tools. In fact,...

By the way, darn nice looking hollow form Andy - Brent

Just for clarification, Robust Tools does make a Tilt-A-Matic for the PM 3520, and Don Geiger is right, the FUNCTION of tilting the tailstock is a patent I, Brent English, have, Patent #: 7,316,173....

All other things being equal, a 1.5 HP Vector style VFD will out preform a 1.5HP non-vector VFD. I have not seen data for the comparison you are asking about (1.5HP with vector vs 2.0HP without). ...

Hi Reed;

Thanks for the kind words. I don't have any personal experience with the direct drive Nova, but the first guy who bought a Liberty was replacing one and he is happy with the decision. ...

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Brent from Robust here. Standard motor on the Liberty is 1.5HP, 110 volt. The spec sheet has been updated, and the link above will take you to it.

In regards to vector drive with...

Hey Robert, buy it and start turning. You'll learn if you really like to turn and you can go from there. If you find out you want something else, you'll get plenty of advise here from lots of...

I have a brand new spindle with bearings that fits a Vicmarc VL300 if you want. Spindle nose is 1 1/4-8. Email me at brent@turnrobust.com if you are interested and we can discuss price and...

Of course I'm a serious fan of sliding headstocks. And while the PM 4224 is a well made, solid machine, one of the things I've never liked about it is how honkin big the headstock is.

The...

I actually started woodturning on a little metal lathe like that. I made up a toolrest to fit in the compound.

It was clumsy as hell.

Little metal lathes like that sell really fast. Folks...

If it's hard, it won't shear. It may be harder than the shear blades.

Plasma cutting gets the metal hot also, so that may ruin the temper.

Using a cut off wheel in a hand held grinder...

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Brent English from Robust Tools here:

Just for clarification, we do offer our tool rests with both 5/8" and 1" posts. We also take special orders for 3/4, 1 1/8 and 1 1/4" posts. ...

The weak dollar and rising commodity prices will raise the costs of all imports like the Powermatic (Asia) and the Oneway (Canada). I'm raising prices too 9/15. Since starting Robust four years...

If you have the shop space, get the big one. You can turn small on big, but not big on small. Sounds like a good deal to me! Brent

I'm with the majority on this one, nothing really wrong with the Oneway, but the Vicmarc has a closed back, does not need a special wrench and has better assortment of jaws. Weak US dollar effects...

Yes, especially if it's under power so you can run it a bit. These are nice sturdy machines. What's the price?