Pen turning with HF 40" lathe
I'm wanting to get into turning and pen making. It's hard to resist the $99
lathe from Harbor Freight (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=36066) as an inexpensive startup...but I can't determine if there would be a pen mandrel that works on that lathe. Is there anyone who has this lathe and is making pens? |
Pen turning with HF 40" lathe
Jeremy Gibson wrote:
I'm wanting to get into turning and pen making. It's hard to resist the $99 lathe from Harbor Freight (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=36066) as an inexpensive startup...but I can't determine if there would be a pen mandrel that works on that lathe. Is there anyone who has this lathe and is making pens? I bought one of the HF 40" lathes and really had no complaint with it. I jury rigged a chuck for the headstock by using a 3/4" threaded rod connector and a chuck that I had laying around. Now I want to admit that I got lucky and that the weld job gave me almost no wobble. The whole thing worked well. But if you want to get into pen turning on the cheap I have a better suggestion, provided you have a drill press. For about 6-10 bucks you can make a verttical lathe that will turn pens just dandy. If you are interested, let me know. In fact it may cost you less than $6.00, depending on what you have laying around. Deb |
Pen turning with HF 40" lathe
Do you mean that the lathe drive has a 3/4" threaded spindle? I'm wondering
if the mandrel here (http://www.penkit.net/catalog/produc...cts_id=331&osC sid=06a3c80a8c68d86e42e6f221f8c6a899) would fit. "Dr. Deb" wrote in message ... Jeremy Gibson wrote: I'm wanting to get into turning and pen making. It's hard to resist the $99 lathe from Harbor Freight (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=36066) as an inexpensive startup...but I can't determine if there would be a pen mandrel that works on that lathe. Is there anyone who has this lathe and is making pens? I bought one of the HF 40" lathes and really had no complaint with it. I jury rigged a chuck for the headstock by using a 3/4" threaded rod connector and a chuck that I had laying around. Now I want to admit that I got lucky and that the weld job gave me almost no wobble. The whole thing worked well. But if you want to get into pen turning on the cheap I have a better suggestion, provided you have a drill press. For about 6-10 bucks you can make a verttical lathe that will turn pens just dandy. If you are interested, let me know. In fact it may cost you less than $6.00, depending on what you have laying around. Deb |
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