GRIZZLY G8690 ?

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I'm thinking about picking up this lathe unless one of ya yells at me that it stinks.
Frank

[Jigman]

That is the lathe that I have used for almost 2 years. Has worked real well for me. Have done everthing from 9 1/2 inch pikies to 1 1/4 inch pikies. Cedar to birch. Picked up a duplicator from Penn State to go with it last year. Also got a chuck from Sears for drilling the thru-wire hole. I have not used any other lathes, so I cannot give you a comparison. Probably done 500-600 plugs on it with no problems.

Jigman

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also looking to getting into make plugs(striperfreak) .... looking for a lathe for a price close to this unit for x-mas