Originally Posted by
DaveVman
Hahaha. No. But I did get caught out another way. As I said, a forum member warned me that there is more to buy than the lathe. I did actually heed that and did some research before buying. I found a set of chinese turning chisels that seemed a good budget choice. So I thought I could manage the costs.
I still dithered until there was only one lathe left in my local store. Then finally decided to buy it.
So after I bought the lathe I went to order these chisels. Only problem of course is that ALDI had probably sold a few hundred of these lathes that month and everyone had the same plan as me. Hence chisels out of stock. The supplier hadn't known this was going to happen and so new stock was going to be 6 months away.
So I went looking 2nd hand. but
A. being a newbie I only knew I needed a roughing gouge and a spindle gouge and not what else. and
B. Same problem with market flooded with newbies trying to find cheap chisels.
So had to buy what I hope are better quality chisels at a higher price. Not great but not as cheap as my 1st option. These were too much so I had to wait a few months to order these.
Then don't even get me started on the sharpening saga. Suffice to say I eventually got too frustrated and ultimately went out and bought the Sorby belt sharpener just to put an end to my hassles. (great machine by the way).
Only genuine bargin I really got was a face shield online.
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