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What can you with a lathe?
ntiSpam (NoNameAtAll) wrote in message ...
I don't mean this to sound rude, but if you have to ask this question then
why do you even want a lathe in the first place?
Mainly because I had fun using it many years ago in shop class. You mentioned
making pens, which sounds intriguiging. I'm sure I could make some nice gifts
through the course of the year that way. Can you make small things like that on
a big lathe or would I need a smaller lathe? In other words, could I make a
baseball bat and a pen on the same lathe? Making bowls might also be fun, and
would have some potential for gift-making.
Pens, christmas tree ornaments, yo-yo's, pepper mills, laser pointers,
....... just get a Woodcraft or Rockler catalog and look under lathe
and get lots of ideas for small kit type lathe projects. Then consider
bowls, plates, chess sets, turned boxes, and things of this nature
that are stand alone lathe projects not needing kits. Lastly think
knobs, legs, rails and other parts to go into bigger non-lathe
projects. I guess some people make their own "Wonder Boy" baseball
bats, but that will be about the last thing I will be making with my
lathe (if I ever learn how to turn and sharpen well enough that I can
honestly say that sandpaper is no longer my most important lathe
tool
Dave Hall
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