My wife bought our grandson a very small, low power lathe for his fifth birthday. We live on the same property and the thing will live in my shop. He won’t use it without supervision. I have some doubts about this enterprise but who knows?
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It comes with a few dowel rods for turning but I’m guessing (hoping) that he will burn through those and want more. What is the best wood for this?
The motor has very low power but the provided tool is very small. No rainforest wood. I don’t want to mess with dust collection so low toxicity.
I have a Glendo Accufinish which will make sharpening very safe. It’s a very low speed diamond disk so no heat.
to start out, money isn’t really an issue. The blanks are about 1” diameter and 5” long.
If he really takes to it, I have a Sherline metal lathe that I can adapt for wood turning.