Nice vid, everytime i see you use your lathe im always suprised by the fact how quiet that lathe is.. Is it a directdrive machine or something like that?
My Optimum lathe makes a hell of a ratchet.. with all the gears and crap rumbling around in that headstock.. it has a fairly good sized hole through the spindle.. but if i could have it quiet.. i would change that in a second. ;D