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I’ve owned a Jet 12” lathe but not the one in your list. Also had the Delta previously and now own the Laguna. I chose the Laguna based on the fact...

+1. Very happy with mine.

I strongly agree w/Melvin on the Roloc system and Cubitron.

Have you checked out this one?...

I think these are pretty reasonable. https://www.ptreeusa.com/layout_straight_edge.htm

Thanks again to all for the wealth of information. Special thanks to Kurt for the details and advice. I am all for going 3 phase with a...

John -- I think you would be satisfied with any of the lathes mentioned. If I were in the market for a 12" swing lathe, I'd go with the Rikon. Of the...

I guess a person would call this a refurbish of sashes. Not having any experience at this at all and learning about products I never heard of before...

Nice. I like the faceted legs.

It looks nice Ben. jtk

Things are done differently in different states and, in Rod's case, provinces. In some places the ballots are left inside the signature envelopes,...

Penturners that require high precision to keep a blank centered will turn the blank between centers, then go to a collet chuck.

Back when Michael Angelo was working with marble to make statues, he avoided straight lines . So he got by without a lot of expensive straight-edges.

I forgot to mention. Those florist foam blocks work great for router bits. You can just push the bits down into it. Get the dry type.

Not remotely useful for any sort of layout work, but I have a 'stick' with notches bandsawed in the ends, bent to tension a length of safety wire....

I also have the milwaukee angle drill, and really like when I can use it with the roloc 3 inch mandrels. I bought mine from woodturnerswonders. I am...

Lee Valley makes a good one. I have their 38".

Good steel straight edges are preferred for precision type setups (such as saw blade toe-out and jointer table setup - basically anything that...

That's true only until they open the envelopes and process the ballots. Once the ballot is separated from the envelope, there better be no way to...

I attended John's weekend class back in about 1996. Learned so much and found a new type of craftsmanship that was very different than building...

I have been trying to clear out clutter and get my shop close to the 5S model. I have been building drawers and trying to get everything in a place...

I have both 18" and 38" versions of this: ...

Pending payment!!!