Ryandotdee
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Simon_M":3205a5h1 said:......
Thanks for the reply Simon, what you are saying certainly makes sense. I have taken on board all the comments from here and have done some more research, and I think I am fairly confident that as things stand I am looking at doing spindle turning, and that a chuck is not required for this. Whether this remains the case is another story all together but as things stand I think I am going to go without the chuck.
The next question was which lathe, and ultimately I think I am going to go for either the Axminster AC240WL or the Record equivalent. I am leaning towards the axminster one as I have a couple of axminster machines and I am really happy with them, The only record power kit I have is my dust filter, whilst I am happy with it, it is not a tool as such. + the free 3 hour intro with the axminster model is an added bonus.
(I was deliberating over buying the lathe you have for sale, but I am not sure if it will fit in my workshop, stay tuned on that though as I am going to get the tape measure out when I get home!)
Thanks again for the detailed response, There are a number of things that I consider myself to be very good at, but wood turning is not one, its great to have such a good resource to "borrow" wisdom from