The beast is alive- new lathe setup gloat

[Glenn in Caledon]

Well if anyone has seen the estate purchase thread in the power tools forum, here is the lathe I cam out of the deal with.
General 260 electronic variable speed. 20/24" swing. 96" Vega duplicator.
All of the accessories pictured came out of the estate, as well as the spiral routing, router attacement (unrelated to spiral setup), thing spindle attachment, and the large work support (big enough for bowls as well). There is a 1 way talon chuck with 3 sets of jaws plus the jumbo jaws.

I must say that it is real nice that this gentleman shopped at general, oneway and lee valley.

[OttawaP]

Sweet setup. I was pretty excited about my little beaver lathe I got off a neighbour....until now. I wouldn't even know where the on/off switch is on that monster.

[mreza]

only 96" between centers? meh...too bad you cannot turn totem poles on that thing!

That's a very nice setup for sure and a good collection of accessories!!

[Glenn in Caledon]

You know the duplicator is 96", centre to centre is more like 100"

[Rod Sheridan]

So Glenn, exactly how many pen blanks can you mount end to end at once?

Nice lathe, well done.......Rod.

[Mike in Pt. Colborne]

Actually it's 104" centre to centre. You got one heck of a deal.

[Grillzy]

Oh baby ya! Let me know if you want to max out that beast in dia, length or both.
Grillzy

[ArtMulder]

[enormous lathe, blah blah]...
96" Vega duplicator.
[gloat gloat, blah blah]

(pardon me for editing your quote down... )

So now you and Bryan from Woodstock can churn out the turnings with those duplicators!

...art

ps: Seriously, that is one monster looking lathe! That'll last a lifetime. Have fun with it.

[Glenn in Caledon]

Art I plan on it, but not before it gets bolted down to the floor. I threw an 18" pretty round bowl blank on there before mounting the duplicator, i don't like hearing that kind of noise, concrete anchors are a must.

[matt in golden]

Man Glenn... that thing is huge...

I can see know why you valued it more than the standard sized General.

Matt

[Wysong]

Art I plan on it, but not before it gets bolted down to the floor. i don't like hearing that kind of noise, concrete anchors are a must.

don't I know that ,

amazing what will make a 500 ++ LB
machine to walk across the floor .

[Daner]

Way To Go Glen, Nice find
You will have alot of fun with that beast