I stopped off at my local Woodcraft a couple of weeks ago and saw that they still had 3 of these Nova DVR XP lathes leftover from their Black Friday sale. I went home & told my wife about the $800 discount & $300 worth of free tools and without hesitation, she said "sounds like you better jump on that deal".
I am so blessed to have a wife who not only tolerates this obsession, but also enthusiastically supports it.
My son & I got the lathe set up, cleaned & adjusted yesterday. I still need to install a surge protector (this thing has a microprocessor for load sensing & speed control) and extend my DC ducts before I do any serious turning, but boy is it smooth & quiet.
I am so blessed to have a wife who not only tolerates this obsession, but also enthusiastically supports it.
My son & I got the lathe set up, cleaned & adjusted yesterday. I still need to install a surge protector (this thing has a microprocessor for load sensing & speed control) and extend my DC ducts before I do any serious turning, but boy is it smooth & quiet.