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I've had a WL18 for about 3 years - no major dramas, but I have had to strip and clean the speed change assembly in that time. I've taken to leaving the headstock cover off - I reckon the cover only...

Hi Hornet

there are 2 regional groups of the Sydney Woodturners Guild out your way - the Hawkesbury group and the Western and Blue Mountains. Check out http://www.sydneywoodturners.com.au/ .
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Adrian

I've got a VM100 on a Hare & Forbes version of the MC900 - its great, especially with the shark jaws on it. I've also got a H&F clone tommy-bar style chuck, which is OK, but not a patch...

Hi Hooppine

I've been using a H&F WL18 for about 2 1/2 years now, with a Vicmark VL100 chuck. The other difference between the WL18 and the MC900 is that the WL18 has a motor rated at 750 watt...

Macca

you don't happen to be using a Vicmark chuck do you? Mine (used on a Hare & Forbes MC900) has 24 indexing notches around the outside rim, so I made a wooden jig that clamps onto the lathe...

Hi all,

what Alastair said: this is exactly what Theo ???? demonstrated at Woodturn 2004 earlier this year. He used PVC pipe, split along one side, over shark jaws on a Vicmark chuck. He also...

Hi pwill

a course would certainly be worthwhile - Christmas pressie from the wife, maybe?

Hornsby also has a regional group of the Sydney Woodturners' Guild with 30+ members that meet...

Don't forget the outboard end of the headstock spindle will have a left hand thread and you will need to have a face plate, chuck or whatever with LH threaded boss or insert, as well as the RH setup...

Paul

as Joe said, for bowls the shark jaws don't hold any better or worse than the standard jaws. What they do give is clearance between the chuck body and the base of the bowl, for sandpaper,...

I'm with Ern - had mine about a year - hold everything the standard jaws hold, and more, plus they give you finger room down the back of bowls etc clear of the face of the chuck.

Interesting...

Arron

I've had my WL18 for nearly a year. I'm a newbie, but it seems like good value to me. I have had to replace the drive belt once already, and I had to dismantle and service the variable...