Thread: Turning Pens

Originally Posted by darley

Don't touch this one MT #0, you will be limited only for pen
resale value is $ 0

Thanks Darley

Originally Posted by gazaly

Thanks Darley

You're welcome, better off to put the extra $ for somethings you can use for pens as well as mini turning, you will learn too that you never have enough tools , 3/4 of my tools are from the USA as I don't find them here in Australia and is not much expensive

Gaza the mini lathe is a great piece of kit if the walet will stretch that far. you should be able to get on to one for around $350---375 by the time you haggle. and it will do a hell of a lot more than pens. The little pen lathe is very cute and from what I hear a nice little item too. but you'll only do pens and similar small mandrel stuff.
both very portable.
I know a number of people with the jet mini as well as having one myself & I don't think you will regret it if you got one.
If you can't get hold of one in the west have a chat to Garry Pye himself & see waht sort of freight deal he can cut.

Timbecaon do a coppy of the jet mini but from what I hear its a reasoable coppy but not quite identical, if you get me.

Remember ther is always next year and birthdays, pens this year, key rings for birthdays, salt & pepper sets for weddings.........

cheers

Gaza if you can get to timbercon I suggest you look at the sherwood varispeed mini lathe. It has a No1 morse taper. I bought mine 3 years ago and am pleased with what it does I added a teknatool chuck and a jacobs drill chuck and made a carry set up with 3 drawers to carry the bits in. I had posted a pic of it probably earlier this year. Makes it portable and compact
Pete ( who has chilled out after a day on the water )

Try the Sherwood mini lathe from Timbecon in WA - they also do all the Working with Wood shows in most capital cities in Australia - they have a good website and mail order service. I picked up one for AUS$275 - and it has a morse #2 taper. The Timbecon guys were demo-ing pen turning on this lathe and I've just turned my first one

Originally Posted by fxst

Not real bright!!! :mad: to get it to Australia you have currency conversion, freight and taxes this end which makes it dearer again, then there is the problem and cost of returning it if it stuffs up plus the voltage difference.

you would think these septics would look at the location before hitting the enter key. :confused: but then most septics think the world revolves around them

WA is also a state over here in the US. Someone who didn't know all the towns in WA (US side) might not realize that Atwell, WA, was a town in Australia not in the US.

You would think these septics would consider this before letting go with both barrels at a Newby.

OSCARWW, large bold print in the computer world is liken to yelling in someones face and is likely to annoy a few people and return a few negative attitudes. Try using lighter normal text, you'll probably spend less time picking rock salt out of your hinnie.

By the way, Welcome to the board.


(p.s., does a septic mean something else in Aussieland? Over here its where all the poo goes, as in septic tank, I've never called anyone a septic before )

Originally Posted by Matt88s

(p.s., does a septic mean something else in Aussieland? Over here its where all the poo goes, as in septic tank, I've never called anyone a septic before )

Yeah a septic tank is where the Poo goes, it also rhymes with Yank. So you Americans get called septic tanks or septics for short... (Some think the term is accurate though)

There endeth the lesson in strine