It was all before COVID that they used to have a series of wood working (and turning) classes. I got a newsletter that said they were starting to do these again. Nothing on the lathe, at least locally, but I thought I'd ask if anyone had taken a wood turning class.
Decades ago, before Home Depot, House of Tools, there was a wood working supply store with high end lathes etc.; in Esquuimalt. In fact I bought my first bag of shellac flakes there. But like so many of the specialty stores, it vanished after the box stores came in with lower prices on the generic tools that paid the rent.