The Modern Rose attachment for the Jet Mini

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Interesting concept; but the pictures on the web site aren't very good so it is hard to tell. My first reaction is that it looks like a jury rig. I wonder about the performance/reliability and durability of the product??
 
looks much more sturdy and useful than a pen wizard.
and if you check prices around 1500 isn't bad for what you get
 
 
Teknatool/Nova was fiddling around with a similar idea. From what I saw it was not quite the precision I would want from an ornamental lathe although there have been some improvements. Their intention is to make the machine so it will work on a number of different lathes.

Marc
 
no the nova is some sort of ornamental turning device but still has a fixed headstock
the "modern rose" is a rose engine (headstock rocks)
mine is somewhat different :biggrin:
 
me2cyclops said:
looks much more sturdy and useful than a pen wizard.
and if you check prices around 1500 isn't bad for what you get
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That was my thought as well. I was dead set on getting a pen wizard until I realized you could not do rope twist with it. I have been looking at the Revo from Legacy Millworks and then came across this one.

I probably can not afford, but thought I would ask if anyone had details. I will look at the DIY links and evaluate whether or not I want to tackle that project.

Thanks,
Brian
 
Get in touch with Low_48 (member here) as he converted a Jet Mini that isn't jury rigged and works very well. Since he already had the cutting tool, if I recall correctly, he only spent somewhere around $75 for the conversion. He will be doing demos with it at this year's MPG.
 
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I do all the same with a converted taig lathe ~$150 with homemade cams and a couple of linear bearings for the headstock to ride on.

yes you could do this with a cnc but I could drill turn and finish 3 unique pens before you could program a rope twist ( and still have $1850 in my pocket :laugh: )
 
I'm I correct, the pen wizard is primarily for pen decoration, and the rose engine lathe is for other things, like bowl decoration, etc.
 
Please don't tell my PW it can't do rope twists!:biggrin:
Do a good turn daily!
Don
FireMedic4Christ said:
I was dead set on getting a pen wizard until I realized you could not do rope twist with it.
Brian
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Thanks for clearing that up Don. :good: I purchased the rope bit and have not had a chance to try it out as of yet.:bananen_smilies051:
 
For making a true rope twist design the rope twist bit is essential. Other bits I've tried will do twists but they don't look like the rope twist. :wink: The only one I've found has a 1/4 inch shaft and a drimmel will not hold bits with 1/4 inch shafts, as far as I know. I use a foredom handset on a much cheaper rotary tool.

Do a good turn daily!
Don
Woodlvr said:
Thanks for clearing that up Don. :good: I purchased the rope bit and have not had a chance to try it out as of yet.:bananen_smilies051:
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Brian asked me to drop in and add to the discussion. I've only seen the video of the Modern Rose, not one in person. I think they should work on the ratio of the hand wheel that turns the spindle and rocks the head of the lathe. If you watch the video, you will see the head hitting pretty hard on the rossettes as he slowly turns the handle. Seems to me that you can hardly turn the handle slow enough to make a smooth cut. I have a DC gear motor turning mine. I just get to watch it cut, and adjust the X-Y table to change the depth of cut. The number Greg used was the cost of modifying my lathe. I had a Proxon mini carving tool, and the X-Y table sitting around too. I'll take a couple of pics and add a new post latter.
Rose engines really shine on cutting end grain. Perfect uses for rose engines are on turned boxes, yo-yos, and Christmas ornaments. Maybe not the best use for a pen.
 
Does anyone know if I can somehow combine my old sherline minimill with a rikon mini lathe and turn it into an ornamental lathe?
 
yes mount the rikon on a set of bearings to rock and take the crosslide of the mill mounted beside it to hold a cutter
shouldn't take more that 20 minutes tops :)
 
me2cyclops said:
yes mount the rikon on a set of bearings to rock and take the crosslide of the mill mounted beside it to hold a cutter
shouldn't take more that 20 minutes tops :)
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Will this actually work? :rolleyes: I guess I should probably figure out what exactly I want and then get out the cutting torch. Yeeeee ha!!!!
 
Thank you Mark and all the rest who posted sites and plans, I'm on my way to building a Rose engine lathe. I don't even need to destroy my mill or lathe to do it.
 
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