Home made Bowl Lathe

Chrysler trannys are...

BubbaBob

>...crap...even the folks in dealer shops say so...

BubbaBob

Re: Thick Skin

Bill Hale / The Wood Spinner

>Go to a flat serpantine belt like on cars. That is what the Oneway 2436 uses and I have a 3hp. No slip if I tighten the belt.

Good turning and be safe

Bill

Amen Brother!

Joel Hunnicutt

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Re: I had a home office for the last 4 years.

Dick Hines

>ARE YOU PLANNING ON MOUNTING A SUPER CHARGER ON THE LATHE?

Re: I had a home office for the last 4 years.

Keith Tompkins

>a turbo would spool up a bit quicker....lol

$5,995 Price

Russell Seaton

>I found my 2001 AAW packet and there is an ad for this lathe in there. Sharp Tools USA had two of them for sale. $5,995.00 each. FOB Minneapolis or Kansas City. This was July 2001, so the lathes may have been sold by now. Or not, considering the $5,995 price.

Some highlights of this lathe (my comments in parenthesis):

3hp 6 pole motor

2 speed V belt

Paired precision angular contact headstock bearings

33x3.5 mm thread on the 2" high tensile spindle

Movable light and accessory mount (the control panel is fixed to the top of the headstock though)

6" quill travel via lever action

Tailstock turntable

Stainless steel bed; no worries turning wet wood

Movable headstock (the headstock is made from an engine block and has a 3hp motor hanging out the backside so I'm not sure how movable it is)

30" max turning diameter

24" between centers

Stress free, aged cast iron frame

Weight 900 pounds (this seems light considering there are 4 engine blocks and a big 3hp motor in the lathe)