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I have watched Stuart do a few demos at various symposiums and I took a 3 day class with him in Florida a few years ago. In a world of some great turners and teachers, Stuart stands out above the...

This weekend, the estate of a local farmer is going up for auction. One of the items is a General 260 lathe, with bed extension. It is listed as a 7.5 HP single phase motor, but the lathe has the...

My Hitachi drive made a noise like that when I first configured it - after some research, I found that it is related to (and alleviated by) the "carrier frequency." I was able to adjust the setting...

Doesn't your VFD supply it's own DC power for the remote control switches? The Hitachi VFD I used in my Vicmarc build had a 24v power terminal that supplied the power for all my switches. See the...

Terry, when you talk to them again, I would drill down on their reasonings for exactly why their lathe gets jerky around 100 RPM. This certainly isn't the case for all lathes - a Oneway can...

Dave, congratulations - that's a great looking base! I'm sure it was a rewarding project - especially considering the money you saved. That Vicmarc long bed sure looks like a monster compared to...

My shop is in a 40' x40' barn. I get half of that space. The other half is hay storage for horses. Here are my complaints:

It is uninsulated and way too big of a space to heat - I can turn...

Here in the Raleigh NC area, we are also quite fortunate that one of the members of our local woodturning club also owns a tree service company. He keeps an abundant supply of downed trees at his...

I've posted a Wanted ad on Craigslist, and have had a few replies but it is mostly junk trees or people wanting you to take down a huge tree directly over there house or clear their land for them ...

Raymond, I went through this process when I was building up my barebones Vicmarc lathe. One thing I learned from researching alot of VFDs is that some come with rather sparse, technical...

Your instincts are correct - $399 is very expensive for that pump when used ones are available for $100 or less. I found my first one on Ebay and later on another one on Craigslist. In both cases,...

I had a shop that size and bought one of the round kerosene heaters. That thing would heat that space from 30 degrees to 70 in no time at all. After about 30 -45 minutes I had to either turn it way...

Stephen, compared to the what a store bought metal one of this size would cost, I was able to make this one fairly reasonable. The priciest items were the drawer slides - I used heavy duty ones and...

Thought I would return to my flat woodworking days for a bit to make a woodturning tool chest. Below are the results. I'm pretty happy with it. Plenty of room in the drawers for the turning tools...

Hi Keith, I live in Holly Springs NC on the outskirts of Raleigh. I plan to attend our local club meeting (NC Woodturners Guild) Thursday night at the Craft Center at NC State. Let me know if you...

So Claude - you are a big tease! Tell us more. Where did you find the picture of this beast? What else do you know about it? Google searches reveal very little.

Interesting tidbit: Vicmarc received $433,979 in Commercial ready grants two years ago for development of it:

http://www.technologyaustralia.com/newsletters/issue53.htm

Here is the description...

That thing has so many swiveling parts, it makes my head hurt. I'm guessing MSRP about $12k USD.

Paul, as the others have said, great video: good camera angle, good narration, good technique.

The only minor suggestion I would offer you is to consider replacing your picture on that Vimeo...

Well, not exactly - I had a Oneway 2436 at the time and sold it - had no place for it where I was moving at the time.

But yea, I now have a new Vicmarc VL300 and a much prettier girlfriend! :D;)

Here is what I did in my previous shop that I purposely built for woodturning. I built a 10'x8' 4" high platform on top of the concrete floor for the lathe to sit on. I framed the base of the...

This raises a fascinating question in my mind. Over the weekend, I attended the NC Symposium and sat in on a couple of Stuart Batty demos. He is a big advocate of the push cut rather than the pull...

Ditto what Sean said for me. I was thinking of a good way to put that and he nailed it. There are some absolutely gorgeous pens that I envy tremendously and one day I hope to learn to make some. ...

I just got back from the store where I had the chain sharpened. They fought me tooth and nail for about 10 minutes. During that time, they brought 3 guys to the battle but in the end they finally...

Sweet idea!. Here is a cheap handtruck for others interested in making one:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96324