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Hi , Im a production turner , I use Rotary knife lathes Details of some of the work i do can be found here www.redkite-woodturners.co.uk Feel free to give me a ring or a drawing Richard

tbh thats a bit expensive , i sold one last year for £200 that was single phase , cant comment on use as i never got round to useing it . But if your looking for a solid lathe im going to clear out my workshop and will have a wadkin BL150 like this...

hi Mike 2. 3 .mm i wouldn't even try them on a rotary knife lathe it wouldn't be cost effective at all , 3/8 tapering down over 20 cm to 1/8" i think would be your limit , i've been using rotary knife lathes for 40 years and have never tried turning that small . There a specilist machine ...

Hi Mike, The only way i can think of is to buy the dowels in from abroad ie denmark finland sweden , i know someone who imports alot for use in stems for wooden flowers, get them @ 3/8"or 1/2" dia then just turn the taper and button at the top , you would have to leave what we call a halfpenny...

ow thats thin , i'm a bulk turner by trade and use fells rotary knife lathes, going from my memory i think the thinnest i've turned was 5000 oak drum sticks and they were 3/8" at the thickest part tapering down slightly to small lump at the end, i haven't got a copy lathe only rotary knife and...

Hi a bit late on the post but ive got 3 wadkin lathes the BL is 1 1/2 x 6 the BZL is 1 3/8 x 6 and the big RS 10 is 1 3/8 x6 HTH Richard

Hi , you could try the local stables i get rid of all mine to the horsey people they use it for bedding , most of the dust will sink to the bottom of the bags so it it easy for them to keep that separate , although all mine is either ash or beech shavings mahog we burn on the workshop stoves ...

Hi , i'm a production turner , i use fells rotary knife lathes as well as hand turning , using the rotary lathe you would get them all exactly the same , the turning time would be short maybe a hour but the time taken grinding the cutters to shape and setting the machine would be longer...