Rodney Hoyle
12-27-2012, 10:18 AM
Hello to all,
Being new to this forum and not really doing much lathe work since 1958, I completed a few projects on my new Delta Midi. I now have most everything for turning and only need the lathe bed extension which I will order next month. I had a Sears Craftsman lathe purchased in 1984, but, it saw very little use in my shop. A few months ago a teacher, on a scrollsaw forum, from Arizona, was looking for ideas to teach a class in woodworking and I remember back in 58' making lamps for our mom's from bowling pins. So I picked up a case of pins from a local alley and made a few lamps and quickly found out that the turning RPM's on the Craftsman for removing the plastic covers was too high for safety reasons and I had no way to throttle them down and decided to get a new lathe and the Midi's seemed the right size for all my needs. I am posting a few pics of recent projects and am finding out quickly how addictive turning can be. I also do some scrolling and find that scrolling is also addictive. Thank goodness turning and scrolling are not illegal:D. I also completed my first two pens and have a friend who is giving me some purple heart to turn. The pens really make a nice gift. The pen cup holder is the bottom part of a bowling pin with a red oak bottom and was given to a lady in my office this morning. Chow for now.
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Being new to this forum and not really doing much lathe work since 1958, I completed a few projects on my new Delta Midi. I now have most everything for turning and only need the lathe bed extension which I will order next month. I had a Sears Craftsman lathe purchased in 1984, but, it saw very little use in my shop. A few months ago a teacher, on a scrollsaw forum, from Arizona, was looking for ideas to teach a class in woodworking and I remember back in 58' making lamps for our mom's from bowling pins. So I picked up a case of pins from a local alley and made a few lamps and quickly found out that the turning RPM's on the Craftsman for removing the plastic covers was too high for safety reasons and I had no way to throttle them down and decided to get a new lathe and the Midi's seemed the right size for all my needs. I am posting a few pics of recent projects and am finding out quickly how addictive turning can be. I also do some scrolling and find that scrolling is also addictive. Thank goodness turning and scrolling are not illegal:D. I also completed my first two pens and have a friend who is giving me some purple heart to turn. The pens really make a nice gift. The pen cup holder is the bottom part of a bowling pin with a red oak bottom and was given to a lady in my office this morning. Chow for now.
Rodney249222249221249220249223