BlackGoatWW
Member
So I have searched through and I think I am on the right track with both of these questions but I wanted to throw these out to see if anyone had any sage advice.
1) When I am turning on my mandrel with bushings. Is it common to somtimes have just a little scrape of the bushing as you finish shaping up the end? Its never much but I always seem to have just a few flakes as I try to get the barrel of the pen nice and tight to the tolerance of the bushing.
Background:
Generally I turn down to close to the bushings and sand my first few grits. Then I pull the bushings off and put on plastic non stick bushings and finish sanding to include making sure I get the edges nicely. Then I go into finishing from there.
Any problem with this process or suggestions?
2) I am looking at making a vessel or some other items on my lathe. I have a Laguna Revo 1216 (Midi). Great lathe so far, but the quill throw is only approximately 2.5". If I need to drill something deeper what is the best way to go about doing this? Should I drill to depth shut everything off. Move the tail stock in, and then drill again? Sorry if this is a silly question, but I havent quite been able to wrap my head around the best way to do this.
1) When I am turning on my mandrel with bushings. Is it common to somtimes have just a little scrape of the bushing as you finish shaping up the end? Its never much but I always seem to have just a few flakes as I try to get the barrel of the pen nice and tight to the tolerance of the bushing.
Background:
Generally I turn down to close to the bushings and sand my first few grits. Then I pull the bushings off and put on plastic non stick bushings and finish sanding to include making sure I get the edges nicely. Then I go into finishing from there.
Any problem with this process or suggestions?
2) I am looking at making a vessel or some other items on my lathe. I have a Laguna Revo 1216 (Midi). Great lathe so far, but the quill throw is only approximately 2.5". If I need to drill something deeper what is the best way to go about doing this? Should I drill to depth shut everything off. Move the tail stock in, and then drill again? Sorry if this is a silly question, but I havent quite been able to wrap my head around the best way to do this.