Why does the room seem to be spinning?

[Randy Schaffer]

For the last few minutes the room seems to be spinning ever faster....I put my foot down hard on the floor but it will not stop.:D

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I just picked up my lathe from Woodcraft.

Since my tools have yet to arrive I think I am safe from most of the vortex, but I have a bad feeling about the immediate future….

[Keith Christopher]

OH YEAH ! That spinning is the vortex sucking you down ! The noise you hear is all of us telling you welcome to the vortex !


Congrats !

[Jim Underwood]

Looks like Pandora's Box to me....

Don't open it. It will just get worse.:D

[Bernie Weishapl]

Congrats on falling into the black hole. Great lathe. You are going to love it.

[Jim Becker]

Oh, yea!! Spin, baby, spin!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

And so it begins........

[Allen Neighbors]

And another one bites the dust! :D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Before the tools arrive....take a photo of any money in your wallet...print it and frame it. Place it on the wall near your lathe so you can remember what miney "looked" like!


Nice lathe. Welcome to the Vortex!

[alex carey]

no one ever escapes. No matter what happens. your in it for life.

[Jim Kountz]

Open with care!! Might as well face it your addicted already and havent even opened the box yet!!

[Norm Zax]

Vrooooooom!

[Gary Friedlund]

Randy,
I opened you have the box open by now. Waiting sucks.
I bought a used Powermatic 90 on Sunday and hve to wait until Saturday to pick it up.
Gary

[Randy Schaffer]

Well I have a message my turning tools have arrived.....

I have a feeling this weekend may evaporate in a blur of chips.


Thanks to a bunch of you guys for pointing me to this 1220VS....I don't think I am ever gonna regret it....but I do think my wallet will be quite a bit more comfortable to sit on.:rolleyes:

[TYLER WOOD]

hey congrats on the new tool!! Enjoy it and post pics of the turnings.

[Skip Spaulding]

Way to go Randy! By the way Woodcraft has a nice little Nova chuck on sale that would look great on that new lathe!

[Randy Schaffer]

I saw the Nova Chuck on sale this month. I came up 89.97 short for it though:D

I am looking for a collet chuck now though. I want to turn a wooden mandrel for duck call making and think the collet chuck will be the next must have accessory.

I am searching the forum now and it looks like my choices for a collet chuck to hold a 3/4" tendon are limited to the Beall system or the one from PSI. Anyone have another recommendation?

The Duck Call book I have shows a #2MT collet chuck....I don't know who makes it though.

I will likely spend the next month or two just turning small spindles etc trying to learn the tools....but once I find that groove I want to make a duck call using Greg Keats guts and some nice wood.

[Johnm Chase]

OK so don't forget the bed extension and you'll need a chuck and a a handful of jaws:D

[Eugene Wigley]

Congrats on the new lathe. Be sure to post pics when you get it set up. Have fun.

[James Roberts]

I recently ordered the same lathe and am waiting for it's delivery as well as a bunch of accessories. It's worse than a kid waiting on Christmas:D.

Hopefully the sound of making wood chips will drown out the sucking noise!

[robert hainstock]

I got one of those 1220s in October and they are a "great" lathe. Spin, spin, spin. Or as Dorthey would say, "falling, falling, falling.
Tis a deep dark hole, but WELCOME! :eek::eek::)
Bob

[Scott Conners]

CSUSA has MT2 collects up to 1/2" that you can buy individually and make your own drawbar for: http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store/Accessories___Collet___2mt_ind_collet?Args= Or you can buy as a set for $200 w/ a drawbar.

I don't know of a 3/4" version that fits MT2 though. At that size I'd personally go for a 4 jaw scroll chuck with some spigot jaws, as it'd be far more versatile down the road. Oneway makes collet jaws for it's stronghold chuck too, a bit overkill for a 1220 but should be a lifetime investment.
I've never made a call, but since they are through-bored, it seems to me you could make your own mandrel to chuck up in just about any way you want. Here's an article that uses a mandrel with bushings and a dowel chucked into a 4 jaw chuck: http://www.djschneider.com/misc/DuckCalls/qqduckcallmaking.html

[Randy Schaffer]

Thanks for that link Scott. I do plan on turing my own mandrels for the calls. A book by Glen and Keats (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=99239&highlight=duck+call), I recently purchased shows these in great detail. The authors were using 3/4" tenons on the mandrel for a collet chuck. It looked pretty slick.

I picked up my tools yesterday and hopefully this weekend I can get the lathe setup on my workbench for a trial. I have to sharpen my tools over the next couple of days (by hand as no grinder yet).

I found some lathe stand plans on the internet and in one of Raffen's books that I think will end up being another one of those projects that has to get done sooner than later. I am thinking of a simple A-framed wooden beam type stand....long enough for an extension bed.

[Graham Sugar]

:eek::eek::eek: Welcome to the world of us crazy addicted wood spinners
you will just love it :D
Regards
Graham

[Aaron Wingert]

I got my 1220VS the day after Christmas, and have dumped an insane amount of money on turning tools and "necessities" in the last two weeks.

When these guys tell you that you're in a vortex or on a slippery slope, they are not kidding.

[Randy Schaffer]

No kidding Aaron. My wife near killed me with the ever growing list of NEEDS. I feel just barely equipped and spent way way over my original budget. I tried to plan on only spending once....that is buying good stuff that will last no matter where this ends up going. But man-o-man it is like jumping off a cliff.

[Randy Schaffer]

I was able to get my Lathe out of the box last Friday. I put an old pine closet rod in and gave it a shot.


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I had only had a chance to sharpen up a small spindle master.


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I had a great few minutes of making shavings though. I was sort of worried about starting out but it was easier to control the tool than I thought.

Unfortunately, I did not have any more time this weekend as my wife and I spent both days doing damage assessment for the Red Cross (severe flooding over the past week).

I worked on my tools last night, so I have some sharp ones for the next go.

I have to build a stand for this ASAP, as my workbench it way to high.

Fun, it is.