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Originally Posted by MrForbes

There are many ways to get out of buying a lathe, but there is so much more you can do when you finally get one, why keep putting it off?

We have access to a lathe; I was simply wondering if anyone sold the things so we wouldn't have to make them ourselves. Off-the-shelf parts are a huge benefit. It's not that we can't do it otherwise, it's just that one of the things we're going to be shooting for with this design is simplicity and ease of construction, which custom-lathed parts don't really fit into.

Ultimately, though, we'll likely end up lathing the things ourselves. That's what machine shops are for. I just wanted to make sure that we don't go with that if there's a way to avoid it.