Thread: "Quality" lathes?

Originally Posted by Pat

Oddy, I just want to clarify something Doug mentioned. The Illawarra Woodworkers Group at Fairy Meadow Primary School would probably be closer.

Hi Pat, thanks for responding to this thread. I have been searching online for somewhere that might offer wood turning lessons but have not come up with anything close and specific to wood turning. I did stumble across the Illawarra Woodworkers site, and also Corrimal Men's shed but wasn't sure if they cater to a casual visitor just dropping in to check out the wood turning. If visitors are welcome, I wouldn't mind dropping in for a sticky beak.

Visitors are welcomed.

I had the pleasure of meeting both Berwick (Wyckerman) and Troy (Oddy) at the club house today.

Originally Posted by Wyckerman

I'm looking to buy a lathe shortly and have better dust collection added into the budget. Is a high-pressure/low-volume dust collector better suited to turning than a low-pressure/high-volume setup?

Cheers

You want high volume. A large pick-up area gathers up the fines much better. For example a 2" diameter pipe pulling high CFM just tunnels & doesn't pick up the small dust floating around.
For extensive information on dust collection go to the Bil Pentz website. Excellent info!! Ron.