Interestingly enough ... having all the accessories for a lathe makes you a better craftsman ... just like having all kinds of different knives makes you a better carver [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]

We have a couple, well, actually three, real good artistes on the lathe in our club .... one is a real artist and had his own show (he had that much "stuff") at the local museum last summer. His current forte is segmented bowls ... which combines measuring, cutting and gluing skills with lathework (you can see his stuff on the website I manage for the club: http://www.midlandwoodworkers.org ... check out February ... all 3 of our guys presented). Anyway, the fun part of this is that he brought in a lot of specialty gouges .... and then proceeded to make fun of them all. He basically uses one gouge for everything .... the talent is in the holder ... not the tool.