• Beware of Counterfeit Woodturning Tools (click here for details)
  • Johnathan Silwones is starting a new AAW chapter, Southern Alleghenies Woodturners, in Johnstown, PA. (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to Paul May for "Checkerboard (ver 3.0)" being selected as Turning of the Week for March 25, 2024 (click here for details)
  • Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.

Greg Carles

Joined
Aug 22, 2022
Messages
66
Likes
25
Location
Kenton, OH
Hi everyone, I just joined and I am looking forward to learning a lot. I have a Laguna Revo 1524 variable speed wood lathe purchased back in December. I have had all kinds of trouble with it having bad bearings and noises coming out of the headstock, but I can post about that in another thread later.

I can turn entry-level spindle work and have an 8-hour intro to spindle and bowl turning class scheduled in September at my local woodcraft store.
I have not joined any clubs yet because of Covid-19 shutting all the in-person meetings down, but maybe things will start to open up a little now and I can eventually join a club.

I originally was given my dad's 1976 1411 Rockwell wood lathe ( will add pic) to start with and quickly found that I enjoyed turning and so I bought the Revo. My wife also found that she likes to turn so sometimes we have both lathes going at once ( she uses the scraper- her favorite tool and a 1/4 inch detail gouge my dad gave us).

My dad gave me a complete set of Buck Brothers wood lathe tools to start out (made in the USA) I later found out that they are made of carbon steel and need to be sharpened often. It gave me an excellent chance to get started. I have since bought some tools from Alan Lacer's online store and he sharpened them for me before shipping.

I have access to lots of wood and just need to learn more about turning. After watching some YouTube videos I made some sycamore and walnut bowl blanks, but don't know how to get started (hence the class I am taking next month at woodcraft). I took a turning class in high school shop, but that was forty years ago.

I am going to attach a picture of my lathes, bowl blanks, and some of my entry-level turning, such as Christmas trees, light pulls, and spurtles, plus some shop-made jigs using the lathe. But I have to take them first so will attach them later.

I have ordered a 1" and a 1/2" Carter and Son skew.

IMG_20220826_100705436.jpgWWIMG_20220826_101155091.jpgWWIMG_20220826_101616592.jpg

IMG_20220826_100848900.jpgWWIMG_20220826_100759203.jpgWWIMG_20220826_100726771.jpg

IMG_20220826_100741614.jpgWWIMG_20220826_100947098.jpgWWIMG_20220826_100930579.jpg

IMG_20220826_101512133.jpg
 
Joined
Aug 16, 2022
Messages
266
Likes
609
Location
Butler, PA
Welcome also, I just joined AAW also. I bought the Laguna 15/24 in March of this year. It's been running almost every day since I bought it, so far no problems. It would be interesting to hear what is wrong with yours.
 
Joined
Aug 22, 2022
Messages
66
Likes
25
Location
Kenton, OH
It would be interesting to hear what is wrong with yours.
See this thread - similar issue with mine.
 
Joined
Aug 16, 2022
Messages
266
Likes
609
Location
Butler, PA
I read the review sorry you are having trouble. Did you pursue any repairs? I'm just curious about what is causing the noise.
 
Back
Top