BKelley
Member
Hi All,
As promised here are a couple of pens off the new LMS 8.5 x 16 lathe.
One is a Wall Street II with stylus. It is aluminum 6061 T-6. The pen is just plain jane, but was an excersise on the new lathe. It worked beautifuly. In fact, I used 1/2" stock and ran the 27/64 drill thru in one slow pass lubricating with kerosene. The hole came out the other end durn near center. Next time I'll use a 5/16" pilot drill. All in all, I was very pleased with the performance of the lathe. The other pen is an Executive married to a piece of corian like material. The stock on it was also !/2" and pushing a 3/8" drill thru it is cutting it kinda close. Worked like a champ. Name was engraved with an old Hermes manual engraving machine. Didn't get the letters filled with white completely before photgraphing. To sum it up, as far as pen turning the little 7x12 Grizzly will do as well as the 8.5 x 16, but other things larger lurk on the horizon and thats where the 8.5 x 16 will earn its keep. I'm still need to accustom myself with the controls so that they are 2nd nauture. I am well satisfied with the new lathe and would wholeheartly reccomend it to anyone thinking about purchasing one.
Ben
As promised here are a couple of pens off the new LMS 8.5 x 16 lathe.
One is a Wall Street II with stylus. It is aluminum 6061 T-6. The pen is just plain jane, but was an excersise on the new lathe. It worked beautifuly. In fact, I used 1/2" stock and ran the 27/64 drill thru in one slow pass lubricating with kerosene. The hole came out the other end durn near center. Next time I'll use a 5/16" pilot drill. All in all, I was very pleased with the performance of the lathe. The other pen is an Executive married to a piece of corian like material. The stock on it was also !/2" and pushing a 3/8" drill thru it is cutting it kinda close. Worked like a champ. Name was engraved with an old Hermes manual engraving machine. Didn't get the letters filled with white completely before photgraphing. To sum it up, as far as pen turning the little 7x12 Grizzly will do as well as the 8.5 x 16, but other things larger lurk on the horizon and thats where the 8.5 x 16 will earn its keep. I'm still need to accustom myself with the controls so that they are 2nd nauture. I am well satisfied with the new lathe and would wholeheartly reccomend it to anyone thinking about purchasing one.
Ben
