DSallee
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Hey all...
Well, the wife and I went to Woodcraft in Tulsa and picked me up my first lathe.... a Jet mini lathe 1014I non VS and stuff to turn my first pen....
here's the details:
Cut the Cocobola blank to size on my table saw.
Drilled the blanks using the lathe (I don't have a drill press yet).
CA'ed the inserts in the blanks (fingers are still covered in dry CA... LOL).
Milled the ends of the blank on the lathe also using the drill chuck I got at woodcraft.
Mounted the blanks on the pen mandrel.
Started turning at lowest speed to round off the corners
Bumped the speed up to 1850 for finishing turning.
Oh, I used a Wood River 1/2" Spindle Gouge from start to finish (recommended by the manager, only thing he uses..). First blank, first ever turning and NO BLOWOUT!! Once I got it down to the bushings and shape I wanted I stared sanding. Bumped the speed up to highest speed for sanding. Started with 240 then 320 then 400(all aluminum oxide sand paper).
Then switched to the Micro Mesh pads in this order.. 1500, 1800, 2400, 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000 and finishing with 12000 which is the final finish you see in the pics below. and yes, I did turn off the lathe and sand with the grain after each level.
Then came the assembly of the pen which went very well, no problems at all and perfect fit... I used a large C-Clamp for this...
Well, here is the pics.... not the best pics but will do until I get my tent setup tomorrow...
The only thing I see that I could have worked on better is the center band area.... the wood is just a hair proud of the band...
How'd I do?????
All comments and suggestions welcome!!
Dave
Well, the wife and I went to Woodcraft in Tulsa and picked me up my first lathe.... a Jet mini lathe 1014I non VS and stuff to turn my first pen....
here's the details:
Cut the Cocobola blank to size on my table saw.
Drilled the blanks using the lathe (I don't have a drill press yet).
CA'ed the inserts in the blanks (fingers are still covered in dry CA... LOL).
Milled the ends of the blank on the lathe also using the drill chuck I got at woodcraft.
Mounted the blanks on the pen mandrel.
Started turning at lowest speed to round off the corners
Bumped the speed up to 1850 for finishing turning.
Oh, I used a Wood River 1/2" Spindle Gouge from start to finish (recommended by the manager, only thing he uses..). First blank, first ever turning and NO BLOWOUT!! Once I got it down to the bushings and shape I wanted I stared sanding. Bumped the speed up to highest speed for sanding. Started with 240 then 320 then 400(all aluminum oxide sand paper).
Then switched to the Micro Mesh pads in this order.. 1500, 1800, 2400, 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000 and finishing with 12000 which is the final finish you see in the pics below. and yes, I did turn off the lathe and sand with the grain after each level.
Then came the assembly of the pen which went very well, no problems at all and perfect fit... I used a large C-Clamp for this...
Well, here is the pics.... not the best pics but will do until I get my tent setup tomorrow...
The only thing I see that I could have worked on better is the center band area.... the wood is just a hair proud of the band...
How'd I do?????
All comments and suggestions welcome!!
Dave