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   andy_engel | Mar 14, 2009 12:38am | #1

   It would probably be cheaper for you to buy a 48 in. lathe and learn to turn than to buy one of them.

   Actually, I've been pleasantly surprised with the cost of custom turnings. Might be worth approaching a shop and asking.

   Andy

   "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert A. Heinlein (or maybe Mark Twain)

   "Get off your dead #### and on your dying feet." Mom

   "Everything not forbidden is compulsory." T.H. White, The Once and Future King

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   Snort | Mar 14, 2009 01:07am | #2

   Yo doode, or Jet?http://www.tvwsolar.com

   I went down to the lobby

   To make a small call out.

   A pretty dancing girl was there,

   And she began to shout,

   "Go on back to see the gypsy.

   He can move you from the rear,

   Drive you from your fear,

   Bring you through the mirror.

   He did it in Las Vegas,

   And he can do it here."

2. 
   AitchKay | Mar 14, 2009 01:46am | #3

   I'm startin' to breathe heavy!

   Put some clothes on that thing, this is a family website!

   AitchKay

3. 
   Sphere | Mar 14, 2009 01:59am | #4

   I can turn that, where ya located?

   Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations

    

   They kill Prophets, for Profits.

    

    

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   jedkalk | Mar 14, 2009 04:30am | #5

   I'm in Vermont

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   Jeff_Clarke | Mar 14, 2009 04:51am | #6

   http://www.newenglandwoodturners.com/newel_posts/index.htm

   View Image   View Image  maybe a customization?

   CinderWhit has always been good and they do custom work -

   View Image

    

   Jeff

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   jedkalk | Mar 14, 2009 03:26pm | #10

   this is perfect THANKS!

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   Sphere | Mar 14, 2009 04:59am | #7

   one of the best turners in the county is there. Michael Mode...I'll see if I can track him down.

   here ya go...

   Michael Mode

   www.michaelmode.com/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

   Michael Mode

   michael@michaelmode.com. 802-453-4002. 802-453-2946. Michael D. Mode 602 Laffin Rd. New Haven, VT. 05472. Name, :. E-Mail, :. Phone, :. Address, : ...www.michaelmode.com/contact.html - 10k - Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations

    

   They kill Prophets, for Profits.

    

    

4. 
   koikid | Mar 14, 2009 05:05am | #8

   If you don't have any luck here you might go over to Knots forum to the turning section and post, lot's of turners there and knowledge of a lot of shops that turn.

    

   Koi

5. 
   robert | Mar 14, 2009 05:10am | #9

   Have you tried the usual culprits like LJ Smith?

   Believe it or not, Most stair parts going as far back as the mid 1800's were ordered from a catalog (Montgomery wards was a supplier at one time).

   They probably don't have one, but can tell you who does.

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   Shep | Mar 14, 2009 03:43pm | #11

   Another option is to find a local woodturning club.

   Go to the American Association of Woodturners site, at http://www.woodturners.org, and click on the "local chapters" link.

   Chances are that, if there's a chapter near you, there will be someone in the club who can turn that for you.