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To start I'm pretty sure that metal lathes and wood lathes have different speeds they tend to use. The two materials are very different. Metals can take a level of accuracy impossible to achieve i …

After these I would invest in a chuck system which adds what you can do to turning quite a bit and makes life a lot easier. … Lathe: $200 – $2000 Faceplate: $25 – $100 (usually one comes with a lathe, even a used one) Turning Chisels: $50 – a lot! …

It's called Tearout. That is tearing the fibers. Most of the time when you see that the fibers of the wood are tearing out instead of being cut/sheared by the gouges. There are three thing that can …

There are gouges, which like you have displayed are made from curved pieces, bowl gouges, spindle gouges etc. of course the parting tool is what it is, though there are different sizes. skews - Angle …

A large part depends on what you ultimately plan on turning. … rarely use for my turning 1-Inch Skew Chisel - used for smoothing, tapers and beading, as well as v-cuts. …

If you look at the picture provided by the OP of that question, you will see the pits where the fibers where pulled/yanked from the wood. here is what a good clean cut fiber looks like

Being too aggressive can either stop the wood, (which isn't good for the lathe) or try and yank the turning tool out of your hand, which is very dangerous to the turner. … Securing your turning piece well is very important, I have had a couple pieces fly off the lathe, after the first one bounced off my chest (it hurt) I learned to stand off-center to the rotation of bowls …

Yes, speed can make a huge difference. My first lathe was a PSI midi-lathe (not mini) and it required stopping the lathe, opening a panel, and switching the belt to another set of pulley's. A pain. …

I have yet to buy any wood for turning, but then I have had access to LOTS of firewood. Another one might be if there is a mill nearby. …

That was fast. I broke down and called Jet tech support. The information was not in any of their product information and the support person needed to ask Development. I mentioned that the piece I w …

They are bowl coring systems like this I bought this one and it has 4 different knife sets available for different sized bowls. They are pretty expensive and each knife set is bought separately. I …

There are 4 ways I am currently aware of to turn the bottom of a bowl. Turn it first, in this case you need to leave a Rabbet or a tenon for chucks to clamp on/in so that you can turn the bowl around …

Part of what makes a difference is what you are turning. Because the Pro-PM tools only need to be sharpened 1/3-1/4 as often as the PSI tools. … I always recommend starting with a cheap set of turning chisels because you might not like it and it's a much lower cost to try it out. …

I would recommend finding the lathe of your choice. I personally like my Jet, however there are many great lathes out there. Then you buy a duplicator for it. Rockler has a duplicator that fits most …

to make it easier you could drill a hole (or more) through the log to help with turning the log around the blade. I have a spade bit that is 16-18" long and it did't cost much. … Lathes like mine are cheaper, starting closer to $1800, where the motor can move and can do outboard turning. …