Hendu3270
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There are a few different forums this topic might fit into, but...I'm throwing it in this one.
I'm looking a little more closely at kitless pens and am trying to determine if I really NEED to consider a metal lathe as part of it. So I'm asking you kitless guys. Do you use a wood lathe or metal lathe? At first, I think the metal lathe is more accurate, so I need one. But then I start thinking, if I need to remove a thousandth of an inch on a tenon on my wood lathe, I jsut do it. And I do it with a lite cut with a carbide tool most often. So it can't simply be an "accuracy" thing that makes a metal lathe more fitting for kitless can it? What are the pros and cons of the two in handling the tasks of creating a kitless pen?
If you're using a wood lathe, have you fitted with a tool holder that slides parallel and perpendicular to the turning axis? I've never used a metal lathe, but when I look at its basic function, it does exactly what I do, but using a couple of wheels instead of my hands. Is that really that much better in the kitless owrld? Just looking for some feedback from you guys on this that I may not have considered.
I'm looking a little more closely at kitless pens and am trying to determine if I really NEED to consider a metal lathe as part of it. So I'm asking you kitless guys. Do you use a wood lathe or metal lathe? At first, I think the metal lathe is more accurate, so I need one. But then I start thinking, if I need to remove a thousandth of an inch on a tenon on my wood lathe, I jsut do it. And I do it with a lite cut with a carbide tool most often. So it can't simply be an "accuracy" thing that makes a metal lathe more fitting for kitless can it? What are the pros and cons of the two in handling the tasks of creating a kitless pen?
If you're using a wood lathe, have you fitted with a tool holder that slides parallel and perpendicular to the turning axis? I've never used a metal lathe, but when I look at its basic function, it does exactly what I do, but using a couple of wheels instead of my hands. Is that really that much better in the kitless owrld? Just looking for some feedback from you guys on this that I may not have considered.