Thread: New Lathe and My New Work Pen

Congrats on both the lathe and the pen!!!

That is the best Ultra Cigar I have ever seen!! It's not a kit I like but
your blank matches it perfectly.!!

Congratulations on both they look great a job well done.

Cheers Ian

Hi MIK

Great looking lathe!

I have now owned my Vicmarc for 7 years and it's still so enjoyable to use! You made the right decision, I would still strongly recommend a Vicmarc.

The pen looks great! You must be proud of that one.

Thanks for sharing

Timberbits

I think the VL150 is over kill ... Ill swap you for my mini jet

What was that a no ... damn

NIce lathe - nice pen. That is an impressive looking pen


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

Mik,

Nice choice on the Vicmarc, so jealous !! one day I will get one Love the look of the Mecha watch parts ultra cigar too looks awesome

Cheers
Tony.

Mik I think that is the best of your pens yet, nice lathe too.

thanks for the feedback guys, i hope you didn't get too much drool in your keyboard

i appreciate all of the offers to swap lathes but this baby has a home, and is very comfortable right where it is

i will say though, save your pennies, i have only had it for one day and i am sooo happy that i choose this route after the death of the old faithful yellow peril

any ideas on what i should do with the old one, the motor is dead so i think it is only good for the recycle man

you may have also noticed the crappy one sitting under the bench, i think i may need to clean out the shed one day soon

i should give the lathe a bit more of a workout today, hopefully

quite a few people have already tried to acquire/steal my new pen, i had a brain storm last night, with a couple of new ideas for watch parts on Mecha so keep an eye out over the next couple of weeks, i just have to get in the mood for some hand bending

all the best

MIK

I'm sure there would be many 'as is' takers on your old lathe. Even my club may be interested. Our demo lathe is a home made job. It's got to be better than what we are using.

As for drool - I had to take my iPad off the keyboard and use touch screen. Fortunately I have a screen protector which keeps the drool off the home button and if used vertical the bottom acts like a drip lime stopping any capillary action of the drool wrapping around the bottom and getting into the charging port lol


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

That is a nice lathe and should give you many years of turning. As far as the pen goes, yes it is nice but not for me. Good luck with the lathe.

Oh so jealous o awesome lathe mate ;-)

And that pen wow awesome details in that blank well done ;-)

Thanks

Ian

the lathe is magic mate... save those pennies, its worth every one

guess which pen i will be carrying at work tomorrow

MIK

Originally Posted by Nai84

Oh so jealous o awesome lathe mate ;-)

And that pen wow awesome details in that blank well done ;-)

Thanks

Ian

That's good to hear D

I would to mate its awesome D

Ian

Mik ! not sure how much a replacement motor is for the Woodfast ,but I converted mine to a VSD from PSI a few years back and I think the cost was around $200 including shipping and buying a small step down transformer off E Bay ,for pen turning where speed changes are a neccesity, from turning sanding polishing ,doing it on the fly is a big advantage , the kit came with switches and controller and the mounting plate . May not be of much use to you now with the vicmark hehe, but don't write off the little Yellow monster totally Neil (dai sensei ) did the same thing and his little monster is now touring Australia as a demo machine, not the machine ,but Neils skills on show hehe. And I agree with the amount of work and time you should be proud of that pen and its almost impossible to get it's true value if sold, far better to enjoy it yourself hehe. Cheers ~ John

Nice new lathe and a great pen from it. Do the other one up as a spare.