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Are you turning it the proper way? Me thinks it might be left hand thread.

Tom,
I have several Hosaluk handles and I have no trouble fitting 1/2 " gouges in the 1/2" hole. As a mater of fact the small hole is 34/64 and the large hole is 42/64. If your gouge doesn't fit...

Jim, All this sounds very interesting,but the Jacobs chuck in the tailstock to add tension has me very confused. A Jacobs chuck in a tailstock does not rotate. Do you have any pictures? Who was this...

Steve, Could you post the overall height of the 46-460. I am building a lathe stand for a club and it has to have a cover over the lathe for security. I want to be sure it is high enough. Thanks,...

Robert,
I sit and turn most of the time. I use a secretary chair with casters for ease of movement and use a low stand that I built for my mini lathe. (See attachment.)
Jack

Packard Woodworks sells a Bonnie Klein 5/16 spindle gouge.

Allen,
You can get router bits with 1/4 shanks at www.routerbits.com or Whiteside router bits. Sometimes you can get them at Lowes or Home Depot.
Jack

Louis,
Here is a web site that has them.
http://www.sierramold.com/WSpindle_Adapters.htm
Jack

Dan, Good to hear from you. No this will not work on the 1224 I won in Texas. It breaks my heart to have that lathe sit there and me using a little old Fisch, but at the present time my knees will...

In response to John Fricke. I admire your father for doing what he did with the equipment available at the time. I think the idea of a sit down lathe is Progress and Inventive minds wanting to make...

In response to bob edwards. I have sat at the Oneway Sit Down Lathe and didn't find the banjo and tailstock hard to move. As with anything new and different you might have to make some adjustments...

If you go to www.turnersanonymous.org and click on February News Letter it is there. It works well. I use it every day.
Jack