Just sold my old lathe and replaced it with this baby......I'm quite excited! 
My new pipe making toy.....
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You are really serious about pipe smoking I take it. 
Hirsute
Used to have fun with Commander Yellow Pantyhose
Oh man, that’s awesome. You’re going to be making briar dust fly like never before. Can’t wait to see what you turn out.
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Dude, you're going to have fun with that!
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You are really serious about pipe smoking I take it.
Naaaa....its just a hobby. LOL
Plus you freed up room in your shop! Another tool, a huge rack of briar and other blanks, or just keep your head down for awhile?
It was great to see the Grizzly on BST and know I’m not the only guy turning 3” and shorter blanks on a full bed lathe!
It was great to see the Grizzly on BST and know I’m not the only guy turning 3” and shorter blanks on a full bed lathe!
Really really sweet! I quit the pipe several years ago and I’m seriously considering picking it up again. It was such a pleasure and I miss it. I’m 71 years old so what the Hell right?
Awesome!
That's looking nice, Ronnie! Congrats on the new lathe!
I'm jelly! Very nice.
Very nice addition.
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Powermatic is the gold standard. Arguably the best there is. It's my 5th lathe and the one I have dreamed of for years. I would LOVE to see what I might upgrade to. Please show me. Thanks!
Nice to meet you! I'm Quite Jealous!Just sold my old lathe and replaced it with this baby......I'm quite excited!
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Powermatic are great so I have heard. It's not the quality, it's the type. You will want to replace it with a metal lathe, or at least get a metal lathe as well.
I'm a nurse, so the proper answer is "no, don't do it"......
But..... I'm now retired, so the BETTER answer is: just inhale every other puff! Who wants to live forever down here? I have missed my pipes for over 30 years, my cigarettes not once in that time period!
My lovely War Department looks at me like I'm nuts when I extoll the calming effect of a bowl of Borkhum Riff, lol.
Seriously, I miss everything about pipes: cleaning, polishing, reaming, tamping....
Enjoy your new toy, @alpster ! If the last few months have taught us anything I hope it is this: "man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble."
I can smoke pipes and cigars without inhaling at all and enjoy. Cigarettes no.
Gave them up years ago. I have a similar
war department as well but she’s worth it.
Gave them up years ago. I have a similar
war department as well but she’s worth it.
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I have two metal lathes. The small one is mostly for turning stems and the big one for metal fabrication. It has a mill attached. No shortage of tools around here. LOL
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Ah you might be ok then, at least until you realise it's better to turn pipes on the metal lathe
I hear you and I tried to turn wood on the metal lathe and I just struggled to get what I wanted out of it. I tend to do better with free hand tools on the wood lathe for wood parts. I would love to get a quality cross slide tool post for my wood lathe, but can't seem to find anyone who makes one.
