Jet JWL1442VS

I decided to buy a new lathe, my old Delta 1440 was not as powerful as I'd like and it wasn't as accurate as I liked.   Also, I had been having problems getting parts for my other Delta tools and was phasing Delta out of my shop.   I have already: replaced the lathe's power switch with a non delta part, replaced my Delta drill press (Reves pulley wallowed out) with a Jet, I have had to repair my Delta 12" disk sander's power switch, bed tilt adjustment, and dust port.   So all in all Delta must go!
Jet had a sale on their JWL1442VS so I ordered it from Rockler's.
When it arrived one of my concerns were realized in that it wouldn't neatly fit onto my lathe bench (which I dearly love).   I figured if I lengthened the support blocks the lathe's weight would still be on the edges of the lathe top.   So I unmounted the old lathe, ran an add on Craig's List and sold it, along with the new cast iron legs for the new lathe, to a nice lady from Houston.   I built two new longer support blocks and mounted the lathe.  

The old lathe on my lathe bench.   Notice how the lathe support blocks don't even come to the end of the bench top.

New lathe arriving home.   Thats well over 300 LBS, I must not think any wimpy thoughts when I move this.

Lathe bench naked, no lathe in residence.

Grunt!   Two lathes is a lot on my work bench, over 600 LBS.   It took a lot more grunt to move the bench with both these on board.   This was while I rebuilt the support blocks.   You'll notice the Jet power head is separated from the bed, made it easier to move.

two new support blocks being laminated to make a wider block.

3/4" plywood layer being laminated to make them thicker.

Ready to transfer the lathe from the workbench to the lathe bench.

Close up look at 3/4" plywood being laminated to the pine base of the support block.

Lathe bench with the new lathe installed.

New dust hood on the lathe bench as of 05/30/15.

This is where I normally use the lathe, note the DC power remote in the red circle.