Proud new owner

[joe marra]

Hi guys, just bought the 3520B Powermatic and a Oneway grinding system, can't wait to get power in my new shop and start learning how to turn, Thanks to all who replied to the buy.262207262208

[bob svoboda]

You will love both units!! Congratulations and keep us posted on your progress.

[David C. Roseman]

Congratulations, Joe! From the pic, looks like that lathe has barely been broken in yet. :)

David

[Ryan Mooney]

Nice - but no power!! :eek: That's got to be hard to wait for.

[Kyle Hayes]

Congrats Joe, looks like some nice stuff....

[Steve Busey]

Great gloat, Joe - now find an area woodturning club and seek out some professional training classes, so you start off on the right foot and don't learn any bad habits!

[Jerry Rhoads]

Good choices Joe. Get power & enjoy

[Glen Blanchard]

You're gonna love those purchases. Congrats!

[joe marra]

Thanks for the advise, I live near David Ellsworth and thought the same thing about learning correctly. And I do belong to Lehigh Valley Turners Assoc.

[Brian Kent]

Wonderful tool, Joe.
My early turning input is that all that power needs even more training. On several catches I have been glad I started small. So I think small diameter items are a safe place to start. That's the end of my knowledge and wisdom.

WHAT AN AWESOME MACHINE! Way to go. I hope to join the Powermatic club some decade. If this is the one that was $2,200, this is an official and highly honored "You Suck!"

[joe marra]

Wonderful tool, Joe.
My early turning input is that all that power needs even more training. On several catches I have been glad I started small. So I think small diameter items are a safe place to start. That's the end of my knowledge and wisdom.

WHAT AN AWESOME MACHINE! Way to go. I hope to join the Powermatic club some decade. If this is the one that was $2,200, this is an official and highly honored "You Suck!"

I guess I do suck, thank you for the compliment.

[Jamie Donaldson]

If you have the opportunity to take a class with David Ellsworth, then go for it! He will teach you how to become as one with the wood! Just don't let him take you at the pool table!

[Josh Bowman]

I think you really lucked out. Good start.

[Doug Ladendorf]

Nice score! Lots of jealousy here. :-)

[joe marra]

Really, I've played 3 cushion billiards for about 45 years now. Maybe he'll play for turning lessons. I hope.

[mark ravensdale]

Welcome to the club Joe!
now leave the computer alone and get some wood spinning ;-)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Congrats. Now it is time to have fun.

[Tim Rinehart]

Wonderful start Joe...you won't grow out of that anytime soon. Be sure to search out local turners to help get you up to speed quickly and most importantly, safely.
Get your sharpening skills honed (no pun intended) early so you can go slower in speed till your technique improves. That's a big lathe capable of handling some large chunks of wood. Worst and most dangerous thing to have happen is a bad catch or a defect resulting in a piece blowing apart at high speeds. Take any rules of thumb on turning speed with a grain of salt as a 'maximum'...nothing wrong with turning slower.
Have fun and be sure to keep and date those first pieces you turn!