Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks/Wood Lathe

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hopefully you can help me out...My fiancee has mentioned to  me that he would like to get into wood working. He has told me about how he wouldn't mind having a wood lathe and well i thought that maybe i could buy him one either for his birthday or christmas....BUT...i have NO idea what is a good wood lathe, what the brands are, etc. I know nothing. I don't think he is quite sure what he wants either...otherwise i would just ask him. As far as i know he hasn't had much expierance with wood working, but he is one of those guys that pick up on things very quickly...
we don't have a very big garage (where he would keep it), but i know he wants to use the lathe to make things for our future house (table legs, etc), so it needs to be a durable, longlasting lathe. So i am hoping you can give me some advice on what would be a good (prefferably used)lathe to get for him and what the cost of it would be...where i could find one...any help on this would be great as i am completly clueless.

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005V5NM/ref=nosim/19535375-20

check this site out to see what a lathe looks like.  this is a cast iron full size delta wood lathe.  forget what I said about the chuck, wrong technical terminology. Is called a face plate. also if getting used, make sure it has a tool rest.  He will also need a face sheild, but you should let him pick that out as it needs to be comfortable on him.

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I can answer most questions, regarding, wood sculpture, wood carving, carving tools and accessories and different types of woods.I am not an appraiser of carvings nor an antique dealer.

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