What lathe do you turn pens on?

[Chatham PenWorks]

Turncrafter Pro Vs (rounding, squaring and curved profiles), Jet 1014vs (wet sanding & finishing), and Emco Compact 5 (straight profiles).

Just started using a sherline, playing with resizing some mandrels.

 

[trickydick]

Powermatic 3520B and Rikon 70-100

 

[Marines1407]

Lathe

TurnCrafter Commander 10 inch variable speed from PSI.

 

[Leatherman1998]

Wilton Mini, King machinery midi-full size, PM 4224B (in my dreams). You know what lathe I want now.

Sent from my Rooted Galaxy Player.

 

[Waluy]

Currently I am using a Craftsman 10323881. Old but still does the job.

 

[islandturner]

Nova DVR 3000 -- great lathe...!

 

[ericofpendom]

I have a Wivamav Vario 850. 10" over the bars and about 24" bc. Would like a small Jet though to do my pens on.

Eric...

 

[JH Customs]

10" Turncrafter with variable speed. Once you get a variable speed, you can't be without it! Started with a cheapy Harbor Freight that served me well. Might make the HF lathe into a dedicated buffing station!

 

[SSobel]

I have a Cheap Harbor Freight bench lathe...and I Love it!

 

[Bill in Buena Park]

Rockler Excelsior for turning, HF 95607(VS) for finishing/polishing.

 

[HamTurns]

I dream, I dream. Sweet 16 or Oneway, my oh my, that is some serious stuff! I'd Like to see pictures of the Sweet 16's you guys have.

Here you go Paul, sorry for taking a bit, but I didn't have any pictures of it, I guess I never wanted to stop turning to take some pics.

I've got a goose call keg on there now, if you look above that you'll see the barrel of the goose call hanging there. I'm fitting the keg into the barrel at this point.

Happy Turning
Tom

 

[Alchymist]

And don't you all laugh either!

 

[Dan Masshardt]

And don't you all laugh either!

Did you make that yourself?

 

[Alchymist]

I did. There's a link to the build in my intro post.

 

[Dalepenkala]

We use 2 grizzlys, both VS.

 

[Dan Masshardt]

We use 2 grizzlys, both VS.

Looks like some good family time. Nice clean shop too

 

[Penultimate]

I use a seig 7x12.

 

[Falcon1220]

General International 25-200
#25-200 M1 ? "Maxi-Lathe VF+" 12" x 17 5/16" wood lathe

 

[papaturner]

I used a Steel City for a number of years but I just recently bought a Delta 46-460.

 

[ORGramps]

Conover Lathe with wooden base. Bought it used over internet from man in Chicago. Cost as much to ship as the lathe cost-ha. Plus side is he sent all his tools and a "large" number of blanks.