Just got off the phone with Morris. His official seminars will include basic wood turning, grip coring, lathe boring, working with EVA and "how do you...?"

He'll also be doing some mini-demos in his booth, which will include sharpening lathe tools, and anything else you'll like to see done in person. I'll have a little more information on this later in the week.

Morris suggested that folks come armed with questions. If you want to know how to do just about anything on the lathe, he'll be happy to show you right then and there.

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Worth the drive from Memphis just for this. Thanks Tom for getting Morris to come to the Expo again.

Second on Lou A.'s accolades on Morris S.
He has cost me a lot of money :):) but I have enjoyed the last year turning everything...

Larry

Morris dances with his lathe. Here's a sample of his thorough presentation style:

Video 1: [www.youtube.com]
Video 2: [www.youtube.com]

Anyone who owns an Oneway brand lathe is indeed a serious turner. I get to use one now and then at work and I'm not sure there is an equal outside of the industrial realm. When I retire someday, I'd like to upgrade my Powermatic to an Oneway. It takes about 250 lbs of sand added to the frame of my Powermatic to be able to turn a green block of wood that size. I couldn't imagine turning that bowl blank he’s using on a smaller Jet or Delta home lathe. It would be pretty dangerous. With the bowl blank he was using, an “unballasted” Jet or Delta home sized lathe would likely walk across the floor and/or tip over from the vibration if the block didn’t shear off all together.

I recall going to a turning seminar once at the local Rockler store and they had a store employee demonstrate a large higher-end lathe and the clerk wasn’t telling people how important dampening is in a lathe. If you didn’t know better, you would leave thinking you could turn a large green block or accomplish eccentric turning on a small lathe with little concern for safety; she never really stressed the danger of doing so. Luckily, with fishing rod components, we don’t have that problem as our turnings tend to be quite small and balanced. The mini or midi sized lathes are cheap and perfect for rodbuilding needs.

I have a Oneway. It's a great lathe, but there are several equals. The Robust lathes are at least as good. I don't need another lathe, but I wouldn't mind having a Robust American Beauty.

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Oh, I wasn't familiar with that brand. It looks like a top shelf bowl and vessel lathe for sure. 25" inboard and 60" outboard capacity on a modest size frame are impressive capacities.Thanks for the tip.