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Offline Patty

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New Toy!
« on: December 22, 2006, 07:01:22 am »
 Yesterday they delivered my new lathe. Man she is a monster.  8) 8)    I ended up with the Powermatic Model 4224 24-Inch Swing 42-Inch between Centers 3 Horsepower  with Digital Spindle RPM Readout.  8)

Whoo Hoo!   8) 8)

We be spinning now  ;D
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2006, 07:07:35 am »

 Don't getcher Duds tangled up in that sucker, Patty  :o :o :o

  You be STREAKIN.  8) :D :D :D :D :o :o
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2006, 07:17:12 am »
 :-X :-X   Now there is a mental picture.  Yikes!
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2006, 07:38:42 am »
Wowza! Good on ya Patty as asy might say. That's a serious sister . . . . is this your first lathe?
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2006, 08:00:24 am »
Congratulations, Patty  8) 8)

I can't wait to see what you're going to make  :)

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2006, 10:01:02 am »
  8) WOW, that is a serious lathe. Congratulations.
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2006, 10:10:33 am »
Hot DanG!

Nothing like a new toy!!!  Congrats.  When can we expect pix?

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2006, 11:25:11 am »
Here it is...ain't she a beauty!  8)

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2006, 11:33:52 am »
Nothing to do with Patty's new lathe but I glanced over to see her and Lucy doing some typing. Lucy is our office kitty that we adopted a few months ago. Can you tell she's a bit spoiled. :)

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2006, 11:48:08 am »
Very beautiful piece of machinry.  At least there will be no thoughts of up grading in the future.  That is pretty much the best money can buy.  With the 24 inch swing no need to swivel the head to the side to take on the larger projects.    I also found after getting my 16" Jet that the next big necessary purchase is a good set of tools.  Don't want to scrimp there.  And it looks like one more necessary purchase may be a step stool or platform  :) :)

Congrats!! 8) 8) 8)
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2006, 11:56:32 am »
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Looks like the cat might be spoiled a bit too.  ;D
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2006, 12:24:12 pm »
I see your going to be doing some serious turning now. As farmer77 said, ya need some good tools for turning that art with. I went we Lee Valley's tools. I even bought their tools for going inside a vase. Looks like a big ring on the end, got two sizes and a sharpening stone with them. I had tried the local hardware and their cheapo turning gouges and I broke the handle off a couple of them. The steel was toooo soft for hardwood. You can even make a flat edge gouge from an old file, just take the end to a grinding stone and put a 10 deg angle (up and down) on the end of it.

Today I was cutting dowels to mount the table top on my night stand. Boy was that dull. Took it to my grinding wheel and put a nice shiny edge on the dowel cutter and the matching hole cutter. Before I did that the smoke was rolling off that ash, trying to cut it. Must have almost set on fire, I could barely breath. :D :D :D

Pre-commercial thinning pays off. :)

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2006, 01:00:09 pm »

 Now, that's a Lathe.  8) 8) 8)  Congrats Patty.  8)
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2006, 01:26:33 pm »
I didn’t know they made em that big. 8) 8) 8) 8)

I could spin balance my truck tires on that thing. :D :D
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2006, 01:32:10 pm »
Whoa - that's a bigun!  Enjoy!

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2006, 02:05:16 pm »
Here it is...ain't she a beauty! 8)

Lathe doesn't look bad, either!   8)
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2006, 03:35:58 pm »
They come even bigger. One fellow I know turns big spalted burls almost 3 feet wide for coffee tables. He hollows them out to. Now there is some serious wood shavings being produced on one of them monsters. ;D

Pre-commercial thinning pays off. :)

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2006, 09:28:46 pm »
Now you see, Patty... you went out and bought the wrong machine.  Let me come on up there and trade you out with mine.  It will treat you right.  What do you say... sometime between Christmas and New Year? ;D
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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #18 on: December 22, 2006, 10:07:53 pm »
That sure is a nice big lathe. :o I have been thinking about a larger lathe, but until I get some more room and some more money, I will just have to make do with my little lathe. :(  I will be waiting to see the big bowl you will turn on that new toy  tool. 8)

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Re: New Toy!
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2006, 01:45:37 am »
That's a nice addition to the shop, Patty!   8)

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