Last weekend I went to fire up the lathe to process some newly acquired logs and the lathe stopped lathing. Well, it spun but wasn’t happy about it. Lots of noise and heat, I just had to shut it down and say goodbye.

Not thriled with the prospect of the cost of a full-size replacement (or getting one into the basement), I opted for another benchtop model. But this time I went with a Jet, one with a more powerful moter and about 60% heavier.

Welcome to the Jet 1221VS!