Greetings from the Okanagan!

[wetcoastwillie]

Hi everyone, My name is Matt and I'm in Westbank BC. I am an avid photographer and woodworker and enjoy just about anything in the great outdoors (fishing , hunting, hiking, camping.... etc)

I've been out of the game for a while as a move left me with no "shop space"

I just picked up a lathe at a great price and dug out my pen turning box and am going to start this fun hobby again (i'm sure the ink is dried up in the pen kits in there).

I'm glad I found you all as I will be asking a few questions along the way.

I'll start with an easy one...

My old lathe had a taper inside the spindle where the mandrel fit... my new (to me) lathe has threads on the inside and outside of the spindle.... I've been looking for a threaded mandrel but cant find one... any suggestions?

No Name on the Lathe... but I took a couple of pics...

This is the spindle with threads on the inside...

http://members.shaw.ca/mywebstorage/lathe/IMG_3944.jpg

Internal threads in use....

http://members.shaw.ca/mywebstorage/lathe/IMG_3943.jpg

And the Lathe....

http://members.shaw.ca/mywebstorage/lathe/IMG_3940.jpg

Cheers!

Matt

 

[TomW]

I don't know about the lathe (except it looks pretty stout), but welcome to the IAP madness!

Tom

 

[islandturner]

Hey Matt,

Ditto, I have no idea what kind of machine that is, but welcome from Victoria from someone born and raised in the Okanagan.

Steve

 

[ohiococonut]

Looks like you've got a 3 jaw chuck laying there, just get a straight shank mandrel and chuck it up

 

[broitblat]

Welcome, Matt.

I have a collet chuck and threads onto the external threads of my headstock, and it, in turn, holds a mandrel. Penn State also sells a mandrel that threads on (http://www.pennstateind.com/store/PKM-CL.html) although in either case, you'd have to verify that the threading is compatible.

-Barry

 

[ronin2024]

Welcome from Vancouver...

 

[bobjackson]

Welcome from northern Ohio.

 

[rherrell]

Welcome!

 

[Daniel]

I vote for the collet chuck but the three jaw you have there would work as well. buggest difference would be knuckle busting potential. you also need a 60 degree live center at the tail stock. hopefully that end is tapered. Don't worry about your great deal getting more expensive. You are going to buy those things sooner or later anyway. Have fun making sawdust.

 

[Woodlvr]

Welcome from Utah to this madness.

 

[Jim15]

Welcome Matt.

 

[Ligget]

Welcome to the IAP!