Quote Originally Posted by Bob Cooper View Post
...Seems like 3 useful features would be
- little quill (sp?) runout
- variable speed via a dial would be nice but that may eliminate all the nice old machines so this is just a nice to have
- big table - though I can probably build this
- depth stop - need this
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A quality machine will have a depth stop and little runout. Variable speed is an expensive luxury that limits one to unicorns. A large table requires laboriously cranking up and down.