Do I need a Lathe?

[standunmj]

hi alan,like your article on lathes, attended the rds exhibition on arts and crafts some time ago there was a mexican guy there sitti ng on the ground with a crude lathe heed made himself from the half shaft of a back axle, powered by a small electric motor, it was amazing the things he could make from wood , chair legs and spindles for seat backs etc, its a fasinating procedure . regards maitiu