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Oneway 1640?

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flyrod444

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Hi,
This is my first post. I have enjoyed turning for close to 30 years. Being a high school shop teacher I've always had a couple old rockwell lathes to use in my school shop. They are fair lathes. I am building a shop behind my house and want to put the best lathe and bandsaw in it that I can afford. I have got into selling turkey calls and crow calls that I turn and hope to get into selling a few bowls in the future. Being able to set up a chuck on the inboard and outboard side of the 1640 will make it like having two lathes when making turkey calls. I use different jaws for the steps in making them. With the 1640 can I have a chuck set up on both inboard and outboard end of the headstock at the same time? All I would have to do is reverse the motor when I use the outboard side? I don't need a tail stock for making turkey calls.
Thanks,
Jack
 
You can indeed have a chuck mounted inboard and outboard at the same time on the Oneway 1640. Just be sure the chuck has a set screw to lock it in place so it won't unscrew when going backwards. The 1640 is a real nice machine an a pleasure to turn on.

However you can have the same inboard/outboard setup on an number of other lathes too. And if it has reverse you can run it in reverse.

For example my wife has a General 260 with and inboard and outboard. She can use the outboard with the lthe in reverse. We also have a big Oneway.

happy turning,
Al
 
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Jack While your looking at Oneway check out the new Versa mount quick release mounting system. It lets you change chucks and faceplates very quickly.
 
flyrod444 said:
All I would have to do is reverse the motor when I use the outboard side?
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Sometimes when I'm turning outboard, I don't even use the reverse and just stand on the "regular" side of the lathe. I am also a satisfied 1640 owner.
 
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