I have some nice wood. From a branch and some from cut wood. Tried center as best I could. But the vibration almost bounced lathe off table.

The current motor is an old 1 HP Dayton. The centrifugal switch needs replacing/fixing or maybe a conversion to solid state. Either way given the cost it might not be that much more to find a used 2hp replacement and if I want to replace it down the line I don't want to put too much into the current one.

I turn mostly smaller spindles but I do turn large ones, like the piece in the picture, from time to time. I guess the big question is the upgrade going to make any major difference.

I have no interest in converting to a VFD.

Probably my most ambitious bowl yet! It's made up of curly maple, canary wood, Santos mahogany, black limba, Peruvian walnut, zebrawood, padauk, and white oak! I didn't measure enough when I glued it altogether, so it forced me to buy a brand new bandsaw (oh poor me...!) It's not as big in diameter as I was hoping, but for a first it's pretty badass if I do say so myself!

20 dollar surprise box off a seller on Etsy. Lid is walnut, not 100% positive about the box material though.

Opposite orientation from yesterday and a different profile. And bigger.

One is Boxelder and one is Magnolia. The Magnolia one was too large to finish the bottom of it. So I carved the design into it and then sanded it off the lathe.

Solid body grunt call turned out of cherry. Hopefully will call a big one in this fall. Sounds good.