OOPS . . . . . thought I was done.

[pdib]

So, I just quickly wanted to try something. It was pretty easy. I turned my drill press into a mini-lathe. I'll do some pics on that soon if folks are interested.

I had NO THOUGHT of shape or prettiness. So don't be dissin' the ungraceful form. I was just playing with tooling and "how to". Now I know "how to" , and I can start thinkin' about form.

This here is Maple Burl wood.

 

[Susan W.]

It's looking pretty good. Will look great all polished up. I like the plain ones better.

 

[darkzero]

Pretty cool!

 

[pdib]

Sheesh! those pics are awful! The page keeps blowing them up and granulating them! It's not a work of art to begin with: but, believe me, it looks better than that in reality!

 

[Vapeaddikt]

Nice job man

 

[custom-classic]

Nice wood!!!

 

[pdib]

wait wait #2 is just going in for photos!

 

[pdib]

KAY . . . . .SOOOO . . . . I think I got the tooling and technique worked out! This one is actually not half bad! Well, the tooling is a bit "grab whatcha got" . .. .








(pssssst, Dennis . . . .↑)

better?

. . . . .. . right?

gonna start with bigger blanks next time, that bottom hip is too small.

 

[darkzero]

Ooh, I like, that one looks much better! You know....wood lathes can be pretty cheap! Looks like you need to start turning! Or better yet, turn metal.

I skipped the wood & went straight to metal. But that ain't cheap.

 

[pdib]

Ooh, I like, that one looks much better! You know....wood lathes can be pretty cheap! Looks like you need to start turning! Or better yet, turn metal.

I skipped the wood & went straight to metal. But that ain't cheap.

uh-huh . . . . . . . . .

 

[pdib]

I'm just using wood from around the shop. This stuff was already squared off into a nice little block. I'd really like to make some out of owl pellets.


or, better still, those fermented Korean mung beans that Dennis sent me.

 

[darkzero]

uh-huh . . . . . . . . .

But it sure is fun & I don't regret every paycheck I dumped into the hobby. Heck I even gave up buying a new truck to get into it.

MINI-LATHE, MINI-LATHE, MINI-LATHE...... just hoping you might hear that while your sleeping. I can send you subliminal messages on tapes. You still have a cassette player, I do. Start turning! Ok I'll stop now.....until next time.

 

[MamaTried]

I'm just using wood from around the shop. This stuff was already squared off into a nice little block. I'd really like to make some out of owl pellets.


or, better still, those fermented Korean mung beans that Dennis sent me.

Ms. Cho is doing sub-ohms already...

 

[pdib]

TBH I do have a proper wood lathe (of course), but it's not set up for this miniature crap. I don't think a man's supposed to have a mini lathe and turn pens for all his friends until he's over 58 yrs old or something. (Yeah, there's a rule like that, I just don't remember exactly). If I'm actually still interested in this in a couple days, I'll be setting up the proper lathe (pro'ly need a special chuck, and a special tool rest at least).

 

[Raynman]

I'd like to see one with the bottom of the drip tip as wide as the top of the RM2. Well even with it except for the part that goes inside the RM2

 

[darkzero]

Nice! I don't know much about wood lathes as in terms of if a larger lathe can handle smaller work, vise versa. I just say mini lathe cause it would be the deciding factor whether someone would really like the hobby or decide not to without dumping a lot of money into it.

I bought a metal mini-lathe cause it was dirt cheap. I knew I always wanted one but really didn't know. After I got it & spent the first months modding it I knew it was what I wanted to play with. Only took me 8 months to out grow it. I sure do miss it & I learned a lot on it but it was just a toy. For metal, you can turn smaller stuff with a larger lathe (but not too large) but you obviously can't turn large things on a small lathe.

 

[pdib]

I'd like to see one with the bottom of the drip tip as wide as the top of the RM2. Well even with it except for the part that goes inside the RM2

hmmmmmm . . . . . .. .

 

[DoogieTony]

wait wait #2 is just going in for photos!

That's disgusting, bad form Pdib......

 

[pdib]

HAH! . . . . .

 

[Vapolith]

All this lathe talk is making me want more tools that I would almost never use.

I used a metal lathe in metal shop, in my Freshman year of high school. Got to use a forge too. I think I still have the chisel I made around here somewhere.