My son is 7 years old and been wanting to try his hand at turning so yesterday he did his first turning on the lathe. I had to put a step stool up next to the lathe for him to reach it. The first shot is of a piece he turned round to get a feel for turning. The next two photo's are of him with a pen he turned mostly by him self. I had to help him around the bushings. He had to sand for a while to get the tool marks out, I then put on a quick CA finish and let him turn the handle on the vise to put the pen together.
Jack