I can offically say HI

[Keith Christopher]

in this forum now! I've been using a friends lathe for a while and today decided to take my 15% off and go to woodcraft and buy this. 9oh and some pen blanks. :)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/Lathe/DSC00918.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/Lathe/DSC00917.jpg

[Dick Parr]

Welcome Keith:D Nice gloat..

How do you like the Rikon lathe so far?

Be safe and have fun.......

[David Fried]

Keith,

Nice gloat.
You're doomed - sucked into the vortex of turning.:D

Dave Fried

[Ernie Nyvall]

Keith, welcome to the turner's forum and congratulations on your new addiction/purchase!!!

Ernie

[Chris Barton]

Great Gloat! Please make sure to give us all a review of the Rikon once you feel that you have clocked enough time to share...

[John Miliunas]

Awright, Keith! You have now been officially assimilated!:D Enjoy and please, make sure you shoot us some pics of the products coming off that puppy! :) Congrats!!!:) :cool:

[Bart Leetch]

Be careful & don't get hurt Keith. In this picture I didn't have a place to put my Jet Mini lathe & was bound & determined to try it out so I clamped it to the bed of my bigger Delta lathe. You might say I bound & determined to do it even if it Kilz me.:D

[Ed Lang]

I would have never thought of using Kilz cans as the step stool if you had not posted your great new lathe and Bart had not posted his picture. I learn so much here;) .

For real, great new lathe and enjoy it! Be careful, they have a way of wanting a bigger brother down the road :eek:

Oh, and WELCOME

[Dennis Peacock]

Keith,

First of all.......Congrats..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Secondly......The lathe purchase is "only the beginning". Later on, you'll find that the lathe was the cheaper part of all your lathe addicitions.

Hm-m-m-m-m-m....I need this turning tool, and this one, and this one...oh, and I need a scroll chuck, cole jaws, various sizes of jaws for the scroll chuck, chainsaw for cutting bowl blanks form wood that you've come across in your local travels, sandpaper, and finally, a very large shovel for all those lathe curlies that you will be needing to get out of your shop. :eek: :rolleyes:

Once again, CONGRATS and welcome to a wonderful side of woodworking where the cutter stays still and the wood spins, instead of the cutter spinning and the wood sitting still. ;)

Did I happen to mention that this is a GREAT Hobby..?????;) :D

[Keith Christopher]

Welcome Keith:D Nice gloat..

How do you like the Rikon lathe so far?

Be safe and have fun.......


Thanks, well so far I love it. One of the reasons I picked this one up over the delta for a few reasons,:

1) the levers are all metal not plastic
2) 6.5" over bed to center
3) EASE of changing the belt for speed adjustments.
4) Green is my fav color. ;)





...Congrats...




Thanks ! I no longer have to wait to get time on a lathe. ;) Oh and saving for the his big brother has already begun.


Keith


The only downside this far I see is the motor is under the bed and it collects alot of saw dust. But it's a minor thing ATM. It is well built and so far works excellent!.

[John Hart]

Congratulations Keith!!!! Oh what a tangled web we weave....

[Bob Yarbrough]

I bought the same lathe a few weeks ago, and finding out about the addiction. Be safe and ahve fun.

Bob

[Andy Hoyt]

Keith. Welcome. Please study this attached graphic closely. It's not too early to reconsider:D

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[Kurt Forbes]

If I were just getting into the slide I would have picked that Rikon lathe to get teh slide started. It has everything I think you need in a small lathe. really a nice gloat.

[Bob Noles]

Bummer.... Mine is still on a truck out there somewhere.

Welcome to the balck hole :eek:

[Keith Burns]

Hot dang...another one bites the dust:D :eek: :D