Kenny Jacobson
10-24-2011, 2:50 AM
So, thanks again everyone who encouraged me to get the Jet 1642. I LOVE IT!
I was encouraged to post some pictures.
Here's my new baby:
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Here are my three turnings from Thur, Fri ,and Sat.
I thought I'd start small:
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It seems like a overkill, but I think I enjoyed turned the pen on the 1642 even more than on the 1014. There's an incredible feeling of precision to this bigger lathe. The pen is curly koa, btw.
Next, I grabbed a piece of sweet gum (liquidambar) and turned a chip and dip dish for my 12-year-old son who has been asking me to turn something like this for him for the last year. Since its meant to be used (and abused), I didn't try too hard to get the tool marks out. I call it pre-teen-treenware :) I just finished it with mineral oil/beeswax.
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For the gran finale of initial test run, yesterday I plucked a 14" Diameter Ironbark Eucalyptus that's been sitting on the side of my house for about a year waiting for me to get a bigger lathe.
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Nothing like a heavy, off-balance chunk of wood to make you really appreciate the variable speed control. Seriously, before this week (and when I was still planning on getting the Nova 1624-44) I thought variable speed was a luxury. Now I don't see how I lived without it for the past (almost) 2 years. The ability to dial in the perfect speed, when working with an unbalanced piece, and not have the lathe walking across the floor was amazing. The big machine deserves respect, of course, but in some ways I felt safer because of its solid-ness.
Anyways, there's the pictures...so it happened!
I was encouraged to post some pictures.
Here's my new baby:
211031211032
Here are my three turnings from Thur, Fri ,and Sat.
I thought I'd start small:
211034
It seems like a overkill, but I think I enjoyed turned the pen on the 1642 even more than on the 1014. There's an incredible feeling of precision to this bigger lathe. The pen is curly koa, btw.
Next, I grabbed a piece of sweet gum (liquidambar) and turned a chip and dip dish for my 12-year-old son who has been asking me to turn something like this for him for the last year. Since its meant to be used (and abused), I didn't try too hard to get the tool marks out. I call it pre-teen-treenware :) I just finished it with mineral oil/beeswax.
211033
For the gran finale of initial test run, yesterday I plucked a 14" Diameter Ironbark Eucalyptus that's been sitting on the side of my house for about a year waiting for me to get a bigger lathe.
211035211036
Nothing like a heavy, off-balance chunk of wood to make you really appreciate the variable speed control. Seriously, before this week (and when I was still planning on getting the Nova 1624-44) I thought variable speed was a luxury. Now I don't see how I lived without it for the past (almost) 2 years. The ability to dial in the perfect speed, when working with an unbalanced piece, and not have the lathe walking across the floor was amazing. The big machine deserves respect, of course, but in some ways I felt safer because of its solid-ness.
Anyways, there's the pictures...so it happened!