Musing why we are mum about Maxi's (long & strained)

Well, they used to make one - have you contacted the new owners to check on any left in their purchase deal? Or maybe call up Bernie Mares, who started Serious, to see if he can help locate one of the bowl lathes for you.

yeah, me neither.

After several years I decided to let others reply to the same questions that repeatedly come up. We all started at ground zero and I will reply to a question if no one else does. As for maxis I am building a 4 axis CNC mill with a 20" by 12' capacity for large columns, small spindles and 3D carving. It is not the tool used but the inspiration behind it that is important. If you want to be a real purist then use a rock to shave down the stock to desired shape. The CNC is just another tool that will allow me to do things that would take months to accomplish manually and nobody could afford it, It is just an updated and larger version of the ornamental lathes of the 1800s. For those that want to do ornamental turning you can build a mill that will actually do more than the ornamental lathes for about 4K.