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Roger Wiegand

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My darling wife decided my recent large ends-in-zero birthday deserved a spectacular present (says she wants me to have a good reason to keep going), and here it is! I've been like a kid on Christmas eve for weeks now!

(Anyone know how to get pictures to appear in a set order?)

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Very nice. I see that you got the looooong bed model and the wheel kit. It appears that you are pleased with your wife's gift.

All that you need now is the outboard turning kit and the steady rest.

(Did I get the pictures in the correct order?)
 
Thank you for correcting the picture order-- I couldn't see a way to do it, but would like to know how.

The casters came in very handy, but I choked on the price for what is probably a one-time use. I posted here and in another group a request to rent some and one of our generous members volunteered to loan me his. So they'll be going back once I decide I'm happy with the final placement.

The lathe is big and doesn't fit as neatly into the space as my old lathe did (no, I'm not complaining!), I also added a small dust collector up in the hayloft above and dropped a pipe down to a collection nozzle on a new stand that will sit behind the lathe. Both that and the drop down tailstock want the lathe to be farther from the wall, and I hope to take advantage of sliding the headstock down to make a short bed for bowl turning, which means I need more clear space at the tailstock end to stand. For now to create that space I have the lathe sitting at an angle relative to the wall, which makes for a long reach for some of the tools on the wall. I'm told that an angled placement will help pieces to ricochet away from me rather than straight back, so that may be an advantage. I've been thinking about designing a tool/grinder cart that would sit behind me on wheels, so another project. (Definitely first-world problems to have!) Also thinking about bolting it down once I'm convinced I'm happy with the position.

I think I'd better not suggest a bigger shop just now.
 
Nice present. Your wife forgot to wrap it and put a bow on top. Good thing it was a birthday present. Santa would have a hard time getting the lathe down the chimney.
Birthdays that end with two zeros are rare. Don't think you are up there yet. Happy birthday a bit belated!
 
A very happy birthday, indeed. I’ve had mine for a while now (the warranty has expired)...had it on a cement slab without bolting down for three years, now it lives in the new shop - wood floor on joists with 6x8 beams jacked up under both leg spans just for insurance. Bolting down isn’t necessary even with big, very heavy off-balance blanks.
I hear ya on the caster set. I borrowed a caster set when we moved. The lathe was put in storage while building the new shop. Kind caster set owner waited as long as he could, but wound up moving his shop before mine was ready, so I wound up buying a new set and giving them to him for the move. I’ve used the jack a couple of times to adjust the legs...but the casters are stowed away in case of need.
Great smile - get used to it - I smile every time I go to the shop since getting one of these things.
Like Robert said earlier, take some time to settle the legs when you get it positioned where it’ll live (settling directions in the manual). Enjoy.
 
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