That looks great,whats the wood? how was it finished?
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Very nice work,I gotta get back to my wood lathe stuff.Wood lathe is cake to set up but my Southbend is taking weeks to make right:((( metal lathe on a wood bench is not a good thing,getting real close tho:)
Got her done finally,she be runnin dead nuts true:)
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Keep your eyes open,I haunt tool auctions,you can get a nice lathe for next to nothing,the tooling is what gets pricey tho.
A few yrs back San Jose state shut down the metal shop,they had an online auction.
I snagged a never used in the crate Rivett 918 first op lathe (made in 1953)
With a steel cabinant inside of which was a brand new Buck adjust 3-jaw (an $800.00 chuck today) collet closer and 50 brand new Hardinge 5-c collets,all for 300 bucks.
I'm not sure how many people will follow the hardinge comment, but a friend of mine swears by the HLVH. He'd probably have killed to get just those collets for $300.
I don't have a metal lathe or know much about them, but I do know that he considers the tolerances or the setups of most other lathes unacceptable for precision work.