Morning All, I was thinking about getting a lathe, which became hours of time looking at pictures on IG, videos on Youtube, tons of articles and then I found you guys. Great info here!
A little about me, I'm a Brit who's been living in the Caribbean for the last 25 years, I'm on a couple of watch forums (stay away they'll make you spend money!), co drive rally cars and like offshore fishing, although I can't remember the last time we towed a line.
I've always liked woodwork but haven't touched anything beyond repairing a chair or two since school. Recently I've had a growing desire to start making things and thought about leather work, which would have fit nicely with the watch problem I have, but I wasn't moved enough to start. A friend of mine recently built a knife shop and started making knives which has been very inspiring. I started looking at metal lathes after seeing some custom watch tools online but realized I don't have the area to set that up and then I found wood turning and pens. The idea of crafting a pen from a blank that I could potential make from local wood is fascinating me, so after a couple of weeks on the internet I'm ready to order but have some (embarrassingly newbie) questions that I hope I can ask here? Such as:
Do I need to go MT2 or can I go with a Wen MT1 lathe?
Should I just buy one of the packages from PSI (I like the 10" with the RPM display)?
I'd like to make a chess set as a gift should I try the duplicator and kit or wait till I have some experience and try turning one by hand?
There are more but I'll try to find the correct forums to post in. Thanks for having me here, I'm looking forward to being part of the forum.
A little about me, I'm a Brit who's been living in the Caribbean for the last 25 years, I'm on a couple of watch forums (stay away they'll make you spend money!), co drive rally cars and like offshore fishing, although I can't remember the last time we towed a line.
I've always liked woodwork but haven't touched anything beyond repairing a chair or two since school. Recently I've had a growing desire to start making things and thought about leather work, which would have fit nicely with the watch problem I have, but I wasn't moved enough to start. A friend of mine recently built a knife shop and started making knives which has been very inspiring. I started looking at metal lathes after seeing some custom watch tools online but realized I don't have the area to set that up and then I found wood turning and pens. The idea of crafting a pen from a blank that I could potential make from local wood is fascinating me, so after a couple of weeks on the internet I'm ready to order but have some (embarrassingly newbie) questions that I hope I can ask here? Such as:
Do I need to go MT2 or can I go with a Wen MT1 lathe?
Should I just buy one of the packages from PSI (I like the 10" with the RPM display)?
I'd like to make a chess set as a gift should I try the duplicator and kit or wait till I have some experience and try turning one by hand?
There are more but I'll try to find the correct forums to post in. Thanks for having me here, I'm looking forward to being part of the forum.