After visiting a fellow creeker yesterday (more on this later) I stopped in at the local (Chandler AZ) woodcraft for a visit. While talking to the manager of the store we were discussing among other things Lathes. I bought my Rikon from him and he was asking my I liked it. I told him that I thought that for the money it was a great machine and would do me fine until I was ready to step up to a bigger machine. I also told him that un til I get into the new house LOML would kill me if I bought any more woodworking equiptment. He mentioned that in the not to distant future that Rikon was going to come up with a new, bigger lathe. I asked him the size and he said from what he new if would be a 2042 machine. Has anyone else heard about this?