Ok, yea.....I'd much rather turn bowls than spindles.....because spindle turning requires me to refine my turning skills and develop much better tool and body control to achieve the desired profile on said spindle. My issue is duplicating one spindle multiple times. Maybe I'm too impatient with trying to copy a spindle profile to another spindle that looks almost 100% like the pattern spindle. Maybe I'm too happy turning bowls and platters in "free form" where spindle turning requires a more refined skillset. Maybe I'm making it harder than it really is. I would love to have a lathe duplicator with at $800? That's a bit much with my limited budget for tools anymore.
Maybe I'm just complaining because I don't want to spend the time behind the lathe to make 12 spindles that looks exactly like each other.
Maybe I'm old and cranky. I think I will be happier when fall and winter arrive.