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HappyHammer
16th January 2006, 01:56 PM
Did anyone see Woodworks on the How To channel (austar) last night, he had a huge lathe he was using to turn the vessel shown below. The lathe was big and at one point he was sitting straddled across it to hollow out the vessel.
http://images.scrippsweb.com/DIY/2004/09/24/wwk611_4ca_d.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:popup('http://images.scrippsweb.com/DIY/2004/09/24/wwk611_4ca_e.jpg',350,450))
He said it could turn an object 36" (900mm) long and 24" (600mm) in diameter. How much does a lathe like this cost, he also said it had computer controlled variable speed.
http://images.scrippsweb.com/DIY/2004/09/24/wwk611_1fa_e.jpg
He also had a jig he had made himself but said you could buy as pictured below.
http://images.scrippsweb.com/DIY/2004/09/24/wwk611_2fb_e.jpg
Got me interested in turning but not sure I can stretch to one of these babies:(
HH.
CanFly
16th January 2006, 02:57 PM
Sure, go to Oneway.ca and you will see their selection of lathes. I have their 1640 and it's a dandy.
R
RETIRED
16th January 2006, 02:57 PM
A mere pup.:D
Greg Q
16th January 2006, 03:01 PM
Yup, a Oneway, made in Stratford, Ontario. Here in Oz we have it's equal,
check Vicmark, Teknatool, Stubby. serious lathes with electronic speed control provided by a variable frequency device.
Greg
CanFly
16th January 2006, 03:05 PM
Hi Greg,
What? Oneway has an equal?
Ray
Greg Q
16th January 2006, 03:25 PM
Yeah, so I am told. I will be in the market for a lathe this year, and Oneway is the benchmark that I will use. That's if I can ever get them to ship me anything. I've been trying for months to get them to send me a gauge-looks like I'll have to buy it from one of their retailers.
Australia and New Zealand seem to have a lot of superb turners and the equipment to supply them. At a recent woodworking show they had to shoo me away from the Vicmark and Stubby lathes until I got a drool cup.:eek:
Cheers
Greg
DanP
16th January 2006, 03:33 PM
Oneway? PAH!!! Got nuthin on the Special...
Greg Q
16th January 2006, 03:35 PM
for those of us who just shook off our non-woodworking years, what kind of lathe is using?
Greg
DanP
16th January 2006, 03:43 PM
what kind of lathe is using?
A F'N BIG ONE
hcbph
17th January 2006, 05:09 AM
He said it could turn an object 36" (900mm) long and 24" (600mm) in diameter. How much does a lathe like this cost, he also said it had computer controlled variable speed.
http://images.scrippsweb.com/DIY/2004/09/24/wwk611_1fa_e.jpg
HH.
Does something about the lathe controls look strange to anyone other than me? Sure looks like it's 180 degrees off what it would normally be (or does it swivel?).
Paul
CanFly
17th January 2006, 06:49 AM
Yes, the controls on the Oneway swivel to either end of the lathe; very convenient.
Ray
Termite
17th January 2006, 07:33 AM
The Vivmark 300 that DarrylF just got can do what this one does.
soundman
17th January 2006, 10:50 AM
's lathe I understand is one of the longer lathes arround. But there have been posts of some with very large swings.
There's one where the floor had to be cut away to clear the bottom of the job.
In australian wood review last issue there is a a picy of a pair of blokes that turned a verrrrrrrrry large bowl by fixing the blank to the back wheel of a large tractor!!!!
BTW. how big was the infamous big blue lathe and what realy happened to it.
cheers
hcbph
17th January 2006, 12:14 PM
BTW. how big was the infamous big blue lathe and what realy happened to it.
Is this what you're talking about? http://www.proserpinewoodturners.com/The_Big_Bowl.html
Paul
soundman
19th January 2006, 10:10 PM
Nope that's not the one I was thinking of.
I havn't seen that one before.
The big blue lathe I was refering to was mentioned in a string of post when I first joined the board.
the laminated bowl I refer to was bolted direct to the back wheel of a tractor and was like realy huge. I'll have to find the article.
cheers