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  1. 13th January 2006, 05:24 PM #1
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    Greetings,

    Check out this ebay ad. for an "industrial quality" lathe :eek:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-WOOD-L...QQcmdZViewItem

    No need to bid against each other, he seems to have a truck load.

    I recall seeing a lathe almost identical to this one (with a GMC lable) in Bunnings a couple of years ago. It had a piece of wood in place ready for spindle turning. However, someone had wound up the screw on the tailstock. The tailstock and the headstock were at an angle of about 10 degrees to each other as the frame had bent.

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  4. 13th January 2006, 08:32 PM #3
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    Looks like a smaller version of my Dyno. It needs to be bolted down to the bench to give it some stiffness.
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  5. 16th January 2006, 12:39 AM #4
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    Rebus

    "The tail stock and the headstock were at an angle of about 10 degrees to each other as the frame had bent."
    Seems you have answered your own qusetion...if its too good to be true, it usually is

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    It is a very special lathe.
    you put your blank on it and do marvellous spiralling (not with the wood but with the lathe itself) <O</O
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    Hmmm, you could throw the lathe to the shistenhouse and keep the four jaw chuck.
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    I have one o' them in my shop. 'Twas given to me when I first started turning, to "complement" my mini-lathe, ... and about a fortnight later I went out and bought an MC-900 to replace it.

    However, I've a non-turning friend who bought two, bolted 'em together and made a very nice four-poster bed. I guess ignorance really can be bliss.
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    It probably has more value as scrap metal!
    Keep flying until every bit falls off.
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