Oneway 2436 or VB-36

Bill, Leo V. & interested others,

I don't mean to be disagreeable. Just asking questions of knowledgeable friends. I turn things that fit on people's tables or on their shelves from decent native timber blanks and I _sincerely want to know what important advantages I am missing or at least compromising.

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Everything else being equal as possible:

For turning say a 4 in. tall X 7 in. d. maple blank to make a bowl, why is a Oneway or a Stubby superior to my Jet mini or my VL100?

For turning a 1 1/2 in. X 12 in, cherry blank to make a platter, why is a Oneway or a Stubby superior to my N3K ?

I assume there are good reasons why and I'm happy to listen to them. TIA.

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

They aren't.

They aren't.

No, there isn't.

Hi Arch

I don't want to take the whole bandwidth up why this is, so I'll keep it short.

1) because I say so !!! ;-> , not good enough ??? Oh OK. 2) Get One and way, ;-)) faster than I can explain, you will know. 3) You can make a small bowl on a big lathe. 4) You can't make a large bowl on a little lathe. 5) Less vibration or wiggle, yes I know some like that ;-))) 5) Bragging rights ???? 6) I'll stop here, my coffee is getting cold. 7) Etc, Etc, 8) And And.......... Have MORE fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

I actually considered the same comparison before I bought my 2436. I = did not buy the large outboard attachment, because I have no interest on = work of that scale. =20

Turning inboard on the 2436 is a dream as the lathe just does what I = ask of it and I can focus on the turning. =20

I replaced one speed controller - on Oneway's warranty; that was = likely due to my style of starting and stopping frequently as I had not = originally purchased the breaking resistor and that is what probably = cooked the original controller.

If I had to do it over again, I would purchase the same identical = machine. The folks in Ontario have quickly answered any questions I = have had and shipped replacement consumables quickly (I use vacuum = chucking for much of my work).

My turning skills have improved significantly with the use of this = lathe, and the vacuum chucking capability has allowed me to rework = production items which I would otherwise have had to discard.

George

"Lawrence Day" wrote in message = news:464fdbb1$0$2802$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com... I have been turning for several years on a Oneway 1224 and I am = considering moving up to a larger lathe. The two that I am considering = the most is a Oneway 2436 with the 44" outboard setup or the VB-36 with = tail stock setup. What do you guys think? Which is more user friendly? = Which one is easier to get parts for, etc? Thanks

Arch and all... Trying to argue which lathe is 'best' based on specifications and capabilities is an exercise in futility. Most of the well known 'good' lathes out there are, in fact, good lathes. What makes one a 'better' choice is the way it fits how the user works. Considering what I like to do and for the idiosyncrasies I am and am not willing to put up with, the Oneway was the best choice. For a friend, it was the Stubby 1000. For another it was a Powermatic. For some turners it is a Jet Mini. In some particularly unusual, and difficult to understand, situations it is an N3K ;o) . Different strokes for different folks. We should give up with trying to determine the 'best' overall lathe and focus on a best match with the user profile - and it ain't the hoary old "one's a spindle machine and the other's a bowl machine" nonsense.

David fivetiter

Arch wrote:

I have a nova comet which is quite similar to hte Jet mini (I thought it had better bearings, and it came with no motor) - I went from that to the stubby. I keep the commet for small things because I find the big lathe cumbersome for miniatures, pens and so on. That said, let me try and offer some answers:

4inch tall, 7 inches diameter - too big for my comet, 5 inches was max diameter it could turn successfully - beyond that, serious vibration would mess up whatever I was up to, and I had to be really really careful to get a tolerable result. The greater mass of the Stubby solves this nicely - there is no vibration at 7 inch diameter - the VL 100 would probably be fine at 7 inches, but you would know better than I, but my Comet would not be.

12 inch cherry platter - haven't tried an N3K, it's probably fine, particularly if you have the variable speed option - you may or may not notice more stability with the heavier machine. What you would notice is if your platter started out wiht something that was not round and not balanced, the greater mass would really help - I like to make natural edged platters, when I find a slice through a suitable trunk, and that does require a lathe with enough mass to handle the unblananced load, and enough swing to let it go around.

Neither of these reasons should make you run out and buy a stubby, or anything else. I wanted to turn bigger stuff than the Comet would handle, and I have learned that it is a lot cheaper to buy the good tool you want once, than to ratchet yourslf up through a bunch of inadequate intermediaries - so I looked at all the usual high end suspects, oneway, stubby, seriouslathe, nichols, vicmark and several others. My trade study convinced me to get a Stubby 1000. If I already had the other lathes you mention, I might not have needed to buy the Stubby. And, I'm aware of at least one turner who decided the stubby wasn't heavy enough for him and got a larger, I think custom, lathe - but for me, it will meet my turning needs.

hope this helps - I am not a stubby salesman, I don't really care if anyone buys them, but I do have one and so if asked, I can explain why I got it and why I didn't buy a oneway (actually a key reason for "not oneway" was that the local dealer was a real jerk - if the lathe had been really really perfect for me, I probably would have gotten it anyway since several folks in the turning club I frequent have them, but .....)