Any woodworkers?

Very nice. I'll have to check that one out too.

 

Haha well you have to test it out to make sure she doesn't get hurt and everything is working properly That's a pretty good looking lathe. Almost looks like my Jet lathe. Did you buy any tools yet?

 

I bought a nice carbide replaceable tipped bit but the stupid thing has some weird sized allen key and I cant get the allen screw out to rotate the bit. So I got ticked and ordered a nice carbide bit tool with a couple different blades and its in a kit so it has the right allen key. But it is best to have sharp tools, quality tools are also better.

 

I also learned you dont go cheap on router bits or saw blades...

 

What brand is it I think I have the same one.

 

http://lumberjocks.com/

Friendly guys with lots of knowledge that the like to share

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/forum.php

 

thanks bud. those are the top hits when I google it too, but I like personal experience more that who pays for the google results.

 

the old one looks like a carbide magic tool. this is the new one I got... https://www.pennstateind.com/store/LXPMSET.html

 

Pens, mini turnings??? Don't do it........walk away........ save yourself. Don't let this happen to you.

The bowl on the right is Menthol Wood, very strong smell.

 

Does that menthol wood smell like cologne? I made a pen out of something that smelled like cologne but the place I got it from went out of business and I havent found that same type of wood again...

 

It's kind of a mint thing, hard to describe, IDK cough drops, shave cream?

 

ah ok...not what I was thinking..It was figured more like the bowl on the left but had a distinct "old black man" cologne smell...I know weird...

 

depends what came with your lathe...It should say something about a 7mm mandrel. If not you might have to purchase separately for your particular lathe. also need a pen press to "Press" the pieces together, Epoxy and super glue, sandpaper from 150-10000 grit, finishing wax or something similar depending on what you are using, trim bits, good turning tools and the particular pen kit bushings. The 7mm bushings usually come with the mandrel and sometimes the lathe.

 

Well, I tried to warn ya.

All you really need is a mandrel, a means to hold it in your lathe head, a set of bushings and a sharp brad point drill sized for the given project.


It's been nearly 20 years but as I remember, by row, left to right, top to bottom.

No.2 Morse taper mandrel adapter, fixed size, set screw type. Cutter to square off, deburr and trim a blank (with brass tube glued inside) to an exact length (7mm OD tube I think). I just trimmed blanks to length on a table saw with a miter gauge.

No.1 Morse taper adapter with collet type chuck, basic mandrel installed. The threaded end is drilled for a live or dead center.

Basic mandrel.

Yet another basic mandrel.

Two sets of bushings for different projects. Some sort of "tool" that helps press brass tubes on to the pen/pencil mechanisms (not needed as I remember).

Two more sets of bushings. "Bushings" are slid on the mandrel at each end of the wood blank and the whole stack is squeezed together and held firm with the mandrel nut. They serve as cutting depth guides and are the same diameter as the pen tips, caps etc.




Woodness.

 

That's an awesome price! How is that set working out for you?

 

Plus what wilcam47 said.