After years of threatening to do so, we’ve finally launched ourselves beyond the realm of planar symmetries.  We found a lovely old Powermatic #90 lathe (born in 1971) that we purchased from a machine dealer (and upstanding fellow, by all appearances) named Mike Savoie.

Powermatic Model 90 lathe

 

Evan, who helped to catalyze the purchase, put our newest chunk of cast iron through its first paces .

Man turning spindle on Powermatic lathe

 

Evan turning 2