RE: This guy lathe is AWESOME!!!

It's based on the SS.  This message was not I tended for this group.   There is a mount for a template not shown.  Tim ⁣Sent from BlueMail ​ On Jan 26, 2018, 7:04 AM, at 7:04 AM, Michael Kratky wrote: >Tim, > >Is the intent a way of forgoing a tool rest and using

RE: This guy lathe is AWESOME!!!

Tim, Is the intent a way of forgoing a tool rest and using hand held turning tools? Appears to be similar to the Shop Smith lathe duplicator (still the best if can find one) but without a follower. Has a great potential for doing spheres if you can establish a fixed pivot point, was into

This guy lathe is AWESOME!!!

Ok guys,  here's some unedited video of my cutter on it's first run.  Every thing about the setup is temporary.  Even my technique was kind of poor since I was just free handing the shapes I really did not know where I was going.  That's strange for me since most of my turnings all start from