I bought the Record Power Envoy. It came in today. I cleaned up the shop Friday. Will probably never see it this clean again. The lathe was packaged very good. Had to remove the head stock, tail stock and banjo to make it light enough to put together. Fit and finish is very nice. The banjo locks up tight. The tail stock locks up tight. On my old Rikon when I would tighten against anything it would slide on the bed. Never could get it to lock up tight. The belt was on the center pulley so I tried it there. Very quiet. Getting 450 to 1750 on the center set. I will update when I turn something.

I love the smell of new tools in the morning, other parts of the day as well! Congrats.

That looks nice

Looks like it belongs there! Can't wait to see it in action!

Nice whats the over all dimensions of the lathe?

Looking good.  Nice upgrade.

 

Well it has plenty of power. I had a cheap 6 inch blank that turned very nice. I was trying to thin it down and had a catch with the round carbide tool. That one seems to catch a lot for me. Blew a chunk out of the side.

Being able to angle the head to make it easier to turn the inside of a bowl was one of the main features for me. It worked out very well.

When using a scraper the flat top of the tool needs to be pointed down hill to prevent a catch.  The further over the tool rest the tool is the more likely a catch.  Starting at 5:10 Sam shows proper presentation of the tool for bowl turning.

 

 

Looks good in that position The extra ply underlay will pay benefits. Did you screw the ply down? Another thing with round scrapers do not present  the bevel flat to the surface, tilt at a 30 to 40 degree angle. Not only cuts better (read less tear out) but not so catchy.

That's a nice looking machine! Congratulations!!

I have been using it at an angle. I guess no where near enough. I will try some more cheap wood for practice.

51 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Looks good in that position The extra ply underlay will pay benefits. Did you screw the ply down? Another thing with round scrapers do not present  the bevel flat to the surface, tilt at a 30 to 40 degree angle. Not only cuts better (read less tear out) but not so catchy.

Yes the extra ply is screwed down.

Looks pretty sweet Rusty.  Looking forward to some more of your experimenting on it.

I put a shelf on the bottom and added a little weight.

I would brace the lathe to the wall as well to help stabilize it more once your wood supply runs down it might walk on you.

At 360 pounds it should be pretty stable 

37 minutes ago, lew said:

At 360 pounds it should be pretty stable 

It seems to be but I haven’t put anything big and out of balance on it yet. I’m sure it will be a lot more solid than my 100 pound Rikon lathe on a Black & Decker Workmate was.

Nice setup and I envy your new lathe. Do you have plans for a dust vacuum. It sure would be nice to keep the dust down in your small area. Maybe something as simple as a 5 gallon vac with the hose held near your work on a flexible shaft.

 

Great pictures too

 

I like the shelf.  you should sticker the bowl blanks.  Getting air all around the blanks is best.