There is something to be said for the older simple tools. Electronic
variance speed would be nice, but as long as I can change the belt on the
step pulley I'm fine. I think I will eventually buy a four jaw chuck for it
someday. I can work around it, but it would be nice not to have to glue
things up to do a face plate turning.
Rich Ball
'76 Midget
Everett
----- Original Message -----
From: "fastvee" <fastvee@yahoo.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] MG Pen
> Rich,
> Very nice workmanship!
> I use the Leblond Regal lathe at work for most things, but my garage lathe
> is
> a 6" Craftsman. Couldn't do without it.
> John
> Fogelsville, PA
>
> --- On Tue, 10/5/10, Richard Ball <richb@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> I would love to have one of those.
>
> I'm a little old school in this. I learned to turn on my Grandfathers old
> '40's Craftsman lathe. When ever we took a road trip to LA to see my
> Grandparents I would spend the off time in his shop. When he passed away
> my
> father inherited all his tools and gave me the lathe since that was what I
> liked to work on the most. So while others are using the nice newer
> smaller
> lathes I still use the old Craftsman and don't mind a bit.
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