watch_art
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Hi everybody.
I'm a fountain pen junky. I've spent the last 2 years buying and selling and giving away - very little collecting b/c I'm a user more than a collector. I'm an artist and I USE my pens a lot. I love to draw.
Anyways - over the course of the last 2 years I've decided that full on kitless customs are where I want to focus my attention - and to work towards that goal, I want to begin turning my own pens.
My dad has an old (good) wood lathe that I might be able to pry from his possession (it hasn't been used in probably 20 years) and if it's decent, then I'll have a lathe - but if not, I'm really looking at this:
http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/28/drill-powered-mini-lathe-lathe-turning-under-30/
It's a little under $100 right now, but would it be worth a darn?
Has anybody used it?
Thanks!
I'm a fountain pen junky. I've spent the last 2 years buying and selling and giving away - very little collecting b/c I'm a user more than a collector. I'm an artist and I USE my pens a lot. I love to draw.
Anyways - over the course of the last 2 years I've decided that full on kitless customs are where I want to focus my attention - and to work towards that goal, I want to begin turning my own pens.
My dad has an old (good) wood lathe that I might be able to pry from his possession (it hasn't been used in probably 20 years) and if it's decent, then I'll have a lathe - but if not, I'm really looking at this:
http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/28/drill-powered-mini-lathe-lathe-turning-under-30/
It's a little under $100 right now, but would it be worth a darn?
Has anybody used it?
Thanks!