Rikon - 70-220 VSR (Rating: 5)
I purchased this lathe at Johnson's lumber wood expo in Sept. I can't tell you how much needed to be assembled as I got the last one and it was the show model. I just completed turning a segmented bowl and it worked great. It did slow down if I got too aggressive but as long as watched that no problems. So far I have turned several Christmas ornaments, 3 lidded bowls, and two segmented bowls. The lathe has performed great. I added the bed extension and the fit was ok but needed to be filed so the tail stock would slide easy.
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I purchased this lathe at Johnson's lumber wood expo in Sept. I can't tell you how much needed to be assembled as I got the last one and it was the show model. I just completed turning a segmented bowl and it worked great. It did slow down if I got too aggressive but as long as watched that no problems. So far I have turned several Christmas ornaments, 3 lidded bowls, and two segmented bowls. The lathe has performed great. I added the bed extension and the fit was ok but needed to be filed so the tail stock would slide easy.
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