..............American Beauty
The American Beauty is a premium bowl and vessel lathe that is setting a new standard for woodturners around the world. It has a sliding headstock, stainless steel ways and industrial grade motor and controls. The headstock is relieved in front, allowing great access to the back of the work, something you won't find on most popular imported lathes. The American Beauty can be purchased with a 2 or 3HP motor in 220 volt only. Variable speed, forward and reverse are standard. The American Beauty adjusts to fit you. Each leg is made from 3 x 3 square steel tubing and adjusts independently. The apron that holds the leg is made from 7ga. steel. There are lips in the aprons where you can put a shelf to hold tools or add more weight. An animation showing how the optional Tilt-Away works can be seen at the bottom of this page. Click below for additional information: The American Beauty is featured in David Ellsworth's new book, "Ellsworth on Woodturning" |
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The motor drive (aka: "VFD" or "Inverter") is housed below the lathe in the leg assembly. This keeps it protected and out of the dust. Locking the spindle disconnects the controls, so no more burnt belts if you try to start the lathe with the spindle lock engaged. To move the headstock, lift the large lever, slide the headstock to its new position, and push down on the lever to lock it in place. In this view, you can see the optional tool caddy attached to the end of the bed. Low end torque is ensured the use of a vector style motor drive with auto tune. 48 position indexing is standard and accessed from inside the headstock. The American Beauty spindle is precision ground and is made from pre-hardened aircraft grate Chrome-Moly Steel. The headstock, tailstock, banjo and Tilt-Away are cast iron made from our patterns at Austin Foundry in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |
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The optional American Beauty Tilt-Away gets the tailstock completely out of the way and
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