Thread: TOOL GLOAT

Welcome to the slippery slope, your decent into turning has begun. Nothing much on Gumtree for South oz atm, but you close to either Leda or Woodfast, well in the same state

Prices on Gumtree look to be close to retail, ouch!

Great going on the purchase. Pens are good to get you going and reasonably easy to make as you have discovered.

The chisels and chucks will come in time and there is a very good chance that you venture into making other things on the lathe.

G'day Ticky - well done with the lathe - hope it gives you many years excellent service before you need to/decide to upgrade. Make sure you get a few good tools - a couple of very good ones will serve you better than lots of ordinary ones.

Looking forward to some pen pics in the not too distant future (not to mention a pic of the new lathe).

Jeff

Geez my post got deleted, they couldn't even leave the bit in where i said-

Well done Steve!

Ew

welcome to the slippery slope

interesting a new chuck will cost more than that lathe

Originally Posted by Christos

Great going on the purchase. Pens are good to get you going and reasonably easy to make as you have discovered.
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The chisels and chucks will come in time and there is a very good chance that you venture into making other things on the lathe.

Hey Christos,

I agree that the possibility of needing a larger lathe at sometime in the future exists, and thats why I was looking for the 900. Its a lot easier to do small jobs on big machines than big jobs on small machines. The 1100 is just bit bigger again.

I was hoping to mount a sanding disc on the rear of the machine but it doesn't look like thats possible, so if i'm wrong about this then please let me know.

Anyway, it will be a few weeks before I can get into it, but I want to clean it up a bit anyway. It's in really good nick & it doesn't look like it has done a lot of work, but it has a little surface rust etc.

Ill get a couple pics soon

Steve

Thanks to all and count on plenty of questions.

Ueee, I saw your post & I was wondering about the G Warning... Wasn't sure if it related to the source of my lathe, Gumtree.

Steve

No, it wasn't related to Gumtree, just unnecessary.

The specs on my lathe tell me the splindle is a 1" x 10TPI, so I have been looking at a few Chucks. The thing I noticed is that 1" x 10TPI chucks dont seem to be as plentifull as 1X8TPI or 3/4 by.

Is it normal to buy a chuck and an adaptor? Or do most people source the correct chuck for their lathe.

Is there any advantage / disadvantage, to using an adapter?


Thank you.


Steve

Originally Posted by Bedford

No, it wasn't related to Gumtree, just unnecessary.

*Joke* actually. And i wasn't the only one. I do recall putting a there just to make my intentions clear.

As for the cost of your lathe Steve, just think about all that money you have saved that you can buy lots of new toys to go with. Better than buying a machine at full price and making do as far as tools go.

My Technitool has a 1" x ? spindle, my chucks are 1 1/2" x ? with an adapter. I don't see a problem at all, though i'm certainly not the most knowledgeable when it comes to wood turning.

Ew

Originally Posted by Ticky

The specs on my lathe tell me the splindle is a 1" x 10TPI, so I have been looking at a few Chucks. The thing I noticed is that 1" x 10TPI chucks dont seem to be as plentifull as 1X8TPI or 3/4 by.

Is it normal to buy a chuck and an adaptor? Or do most people source the correct chuck for their lathe.

Is there any advantage / disadvantage, to using an adapter? Thank you.Steve

It is normal to buy a chuck with an adapter.

The advantage is if you change lathes with a different spindle thread, you buy another adapter for around $25 and keep the same chuck.

The disadvantage is having one more fit to be slightly off, as in spindle to adapter, then adapter to chuck, unlikely with good chucks and adapters.

If one has a large spindle with an adapter to a small chuck, the adapter will be longer and there is more chance of the chuck not running true.

I have a lathe with 33mm X 3.5 spindle and found an almost new Chinese chuck set for less than 1/2 price bored for 1 inch X 8 TPI. I opted for the $20 Chinese adapter rather than the $60 USA version. It worked out fine with barely detectable run out. Adapter: http://www.pennstateind.com/store/LA3318.html

The ones made to fit a smaller spindle inside a larger chuck hole are much shorter. I have two Oneway chucks from Canada that have internal adapters, one for the 33 X 3.5 and another for the Woodfast with 1 1/4 X 8 TPI.

They both run perfectly.

You will find discussions and reviews about chucks here. Do a search.

Thanks Ueee & Paul.

My lathe was cheap, but I still had to spend money I really couldn't afford, so it will be a little while before I can get a chuck or any tools, & I really want to get a pen spindle thingy. It is called a thingy, right? I don't want to come across as one of these blokes that buys a lathe & has no idea about the correct terminology.

I have a nice piece of Mulberry in the shed that I will cut a few pen blanks out of. Looking forward to having a play.


Steve

Sorry it took so long, but here it is

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Steve

Originally Posted by Ticky

Thanks Ueee & Paul.

My lathe was cheap, but I still had to spend money I really couldn't afford, so it will be a little while before I can get a chuck or any tools, & I really want to get a pen spindle thingy. It is called a thingy, right? I don't want to come across as one of these blokes that buys a lathe & has no idea about the correct terminology.

I have a nice piece of Mulberry in the shed that I will cut a few pen blanks out of. Looking forward to having a play.


Steve

If you have a drive and tail center, you might want to get some reasonably hard scrap wood and do a bit of practicing. Shipping pallets or skids are free for the picking up from behind buildings around here. Some have quite nice timber in them. Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut, etc., most are oak and some pine.

You can make tool handles from 50mm thick stuff.

For terminology of lathe stuff, get a catalog locally or look here: http://www.pennstateind.com/store/pe...-supplies.html

Or: http://www.packardwoodworks.com/

Also see for wood turning terms: https://www.google.com/#q=wood+turning+terms

Nice looking lathe you have. If it does not have a Morse taper fitting in the spindle, you can buy an adapter that will thread on to the outside of your spindle and let you use Morse Taper (MT) 1 or 2 drives, a Jacobs chuck to hold drill bits, and your pen mandrels.