drill press lathe?

[D K Woods]

Well, it looks like a cheap way to product some pens....

Anybody tried it? Thoughts? Comments?

david

[D K Woods]

actually as a follow up to this, has anybody tried the non-lathe method of making pens?

was your mileage?

david

[Susan and Wayne]

Grizzly.com has a hobby lathe that uses a drill as a headstock and it works pretty good for doing pens and small items. go to

Harborfreight has a decent collection of lathes for short money. I just purchased a lathe from them for $269 ( ) and it's pretty much the same as the Jet JWL1236/708352 12" Variable Speed Wood Lathe with Stand (which sells for $600 +) Be careful of buying lathes from Ebay unless it's a name brand you can check out on the net. My first lathe was a No-Name lathe and I couldn't find chucks and accessories to fit it..

-Wayne

[user]

[Sir Edgar]

Ramsey wrote: Group: rec.woodworking Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2003, 12:12pm (EDT-1) From: [e-mail] (Ramsey) Your bearing are designed to handle a thrust load-not a sideways load. I would not try. Sure, it might work for a while but when it didn't, then you have a major problem.

****************************************************** Ramsey is correct. I ruined the bearings in a perfectly good drill press by using it as a router.

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