Thread: MY lathe

What you getting Jen? Which one you settle for? SHOW US DA PICS WOMAN!!! gawd these flamin troppo Norwester people who tease!!

need to talk to Hughie about the weather and keep it fine until the lathe gets here.

Hi Jenny,

I can fix a wobbly headstock, dunno bout the weather tho!


hughie

Good to hear Jenny!

Originally Posted by Jenny Brandis

It is on its way! With luck and good trucking I should have it on Wednesday this week, bad trucking will mean it will be the Wednesday after so all of you need to talk to Hughie about the weather and keep it fine until the lathe gets here.

In the meantime I shall try to be patient

Did you get your new toy today?
Toni

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

Did you get your new toy today?
Toni

Yep, you should have seen the burnout down the drive as I raced off to pick it up

Now the proud owner of a Jet mini lathe, scroll chuck and pin jaws. Have to get better at turning - I have no excuse now.

Did you get it?
many shavings already?

Originally Posted by Jenny Brandis

Yep, you should have seen the burnout down the drive as I raced off to pick it up

Now the proud owner of a Jet mini lathe, scroll chuck and pin jaws. Have to get better at turning - I have no excuse now.

Way to go Jenny. It a great day to get it after it arrives. I had a week wait on mine and the day I got it was so excited my kids were even saying AAAAWWWWeeeee Mum. I had not been so excited about anything in so long and I still get excited when I get a chance to use it
bye Toni

well done .Let the pleasure and pain of turning begin. Some beautiful WA timber is waiting for those chuck jaws. Good luck and look forward to pics of the products of your labour.

What have you been making?
Toni

Lets see now,

made some lace bobbins ( 3 snowmen, 2 father christmas and 2 others) made 4 pendants (shaped like the bottle from I Dream of Jeannie) from acrylic.

got rather disheartened when I found that the lace bobbin blanks I have are too small for the nova chuck - even with the pin jaws. So I have gone back to using the plain standard stuff that came with the lathe to hold the bobbins.

turned 3 more mushrooms (the front three) and had a girlfriend spoil it for me by referring to them as phalic!

Quick question, the lathe is just sitting on the bench - should it be bolted down?

Now, off to paint the snowmen/daddyxmas's.

Lace Bobbins:confused:

Thems willies


Big willies


Little willies


Freaky willies


Nice willies

Originally Posted by Jenny Brandis

made some lace bobbins ( 3 snowmen, 2 father christmas and 2 others) made 4 pendants (shaped like the bottle from I Dream of Jeannie) from acrylic.

Good stuff!

got rather disheartened when I found that the lace bobbin blanks I have are too small for the nova chuck - even with the pin jaws. So I have gone back to using the plain standard stuff that came with the lathe to hold the bobbins.

What size are your blanks? I use 5 to 7mm square and my pinjaws work fine. Just. One thing you can do is mount a smallish offcut in the jaws and turn a tapered conical hole into the middle of it. Just big enough to take the end of your blank and with enough of a taper that the blank will "wedge in" with a bit of force. It'll still need tailstock support and won't grip the piece as well as a scroll-chuck, but with a light touch on the tools it's a perfectly workable method.

I used similar on a faceplate before I bought my first chuck.

Quick question, the lathe is just sitting on the bench - should it be bolted down?

If there's any likelihood you'll be turning larger, off-balance blanks (for bowls, etc.) then you should bolt it down purely to be safe. So long as you're only turning the smaller items (pens, bobbins and the like) there's no need. It can be an advantage not bolting it down, in that it's easier to move around and clean up under.

Originally Posted by Jenny Brandis

Lets see now,

made some lace bobbins ( 3 snowmen, 2 father christmas and 2 others) made 4 pendants (shaped like the bottle from I Dream of Jeannie) from acrylic.


Quick question, the lathe is just sitting on the bench - should it be bolted down?

Now, off to paint the snowmen/daddyxmas's.

Great job you been doing well.
My lathe is not bolted down and it did good
bye Toni