the slippery slope
Morning all.
Well, it's happened! I got a Jet mini lathe a few months ago and now I want more. Don't get me wrong, as we know. the Jet mini is a great lathe and I have had a lot of enjoyment out of it already. LOML and my daughter think my early attempts at bowls are nice but they want more and bigger. I thought 10" would be big enough for bowls, but they, especially my daughter, think that she would like me to make here a copy of a bowl that I made in college for her. It is 14" and used as a chip bowl , etc, but at Easter is is the one that has been used for the Easter grass and candy all of her life. Now that she is married, she is thinking about family traditions and this last Easter said that she would like 'Daddy to make a bowl like Mom has' for her family. How can I say no to that?
Oh yeah, I digressed, there is actually a question here....
I am lucky to have a fairly good sized shop by the standards of some on this forum but I have become short on room. I recently considered the Jet 1442 lathe but just couldn't it it into the space available. So I looked around and found the NOVA 1624-44 to be larger capacity for bowl work, which I enjoy the most, and about 12" shorter. Now, the Nova DVR is even shorter, but is a $1000 more than the 1624 and would require some soul-searching as well as sweet-talking LOML!
Does anyone here have any Nova lathe or knowledge of them? Any and all input is welcome to help with this decision. The 1624 is only $100 more than the Jet 1442 so that is reachable when I factor in the things it will do that are important to me.
Thanks in advance, I look forward to your feedback
Jerry
Well, it's happened! I got a Jet mini lathe a few months ago and now I want more. Don't get me wrong, as we know. the Jet mini is a great lathe and I have had a lot of enjoyment out of it already. LOML and my daughter think my early attempts at bowls are nice but they want more and bigger. I thought 10" would be big enough for bowls, but they, especially my daughter, think that she would like me to make here a copy of a bowl that I made in college for her. It is 14" and used as a chip bowl , etc, but at Easter is is the one that has been used for the Easter grass and candy all of her life. Now that she is married, she is thinking about family traditions and this last Easter said that she would like 'Daddy to make a bowl like Mom has' for her family. How can I say no to that?
Oh yeah, I digressed, there is actually a question here....
I am lucky to have a fairly good sized shop by the standards of some on this forum but I have become short on room. I recently considered the Jet 1442 lathe but just couldn't it it into the space available. So I looked around and found the NOVA 1624-44 to be larger capacity for bowl work, which I enjoy the most, and about 12" shorter. Now, the Nova DVR is even shorter, but is a $1000 more than the 1624 and would require some soul-searching as well as sweet-talking LOML!
Does anyone here have any Nova lathe or knowledge of them? Any and all input is welcome to help with this decision. The 1624 is only $100 more than the Jet 1442 so that is reachable when I factor in the things it will do that are important to me.
Thanks in advance, I look forward to your feedback
Jerry
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