Jack Houweling presents a pretty good example of utilising the first electric motor he could find. For a lot of people, this is going to be a plain old electric drill. His build isn't super complicated and you can probably build a functioning version without using all the tools he has at his disposal (like a drill press, bench grinder and disc grinder). Pros: What I really like about Jack's approach is I don't feel the need to hide under my desk while watching it, afraid that a chunk of timber or fragment of improvised chisel is going to fly off and hit me in the face. One thing I think he really got right is that people who don't know much about wood-turning should maybe start with make little tool handles instead of baseball bats. The small chisel handle he produces on his third attempt actually looks pretty cool (so good I wonder if he really hasn't spent any time on a lathe before...) Cons: Nay-sayers will point out that electric drills are meant fo...