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I have a used Mark V. So my first attempts at turning were with a few short pieces of 2x2 lumber I had cut to size with the bandsaw. I mounted it with the spur drive and live center on the tailstock. I was following the manual to start roughing smaller than 2" at speed C. I was using the large ...

I'm a new user of a Mark 5 500 I got used. I haven't set it up yet, but have been watching various videos on Youtube of simple starter lathe stuff. Many of the examples that go beyond a rolling pin seem to be things like round boxes and I recently saw a whistle video. Most of these seem simple ...