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He used a free hand a couple of times but prefers to use the metal lathe. I set him up with a carbide tipped fitting on the quick release post.

He has found his own way of tapering them, he has the lathe on auto feed and turns in the cross slide a very little bite a time and re-starts in the same place so its tapered.

He did have quite a few disasters in the learning curve. this is the result of two years "on and off" training.

I helped him with the finish as he was struggling to put the pressure on to sand out the fine lines with W&D and MM.

He doesn't use superglue only epoxy as he gets in too much mess and tries to stick all his fingers together.

He has done a good 90% of all the pens today. Just needed guidance of what types of pens and what bushes and how to make sure he has them the right way around..(digital calipers measurements.)

<blockquote data-quote="silver" data-source="post: 240464" data-attributes="member: 165">He used a free hand a couple of times but prefers to use the metal lathe.&nbsp; I set him up with a carbide tipped fitting on the quick release post.He has found his own way of tapering them, he has the lathe on auto feed and turns in the cross slide a very little bite a time and re-starts in the same place so its tapered.He did have quite a few disasters in the learning curve. this is the result of two years &quot;on and off&quot; training.I helped him with the finish as he was struggling to put the pressure on to sand out the fine lines with W&amp;D and MM. He doesn&#039;t use superglue only epoxy as he gets in too much mess and tries to stick all his fingers together.He has done a good 90% of all the pens today. Just needed guidance of what types of pens and what bushes and how to make sure he has them the right way around..(digital calipers measurements.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silver, post: 240464, member: 165"] He used a free hand a couple of times but prefers to use the metal lathe. I set him up with a carbide tipped fitting on the quick release post. He has found his own way of tapering them, he has the lathe on auto feed and turns in the cross slide a very little bite a time and re-starts in the same place so its tapered. He did have quite a few disasters in the learning curve. this is the result of two years "on and off" training. I helped him with the finish as he was struggling to put the pressure on to sand out the fine lines with W&D and MM. He doesn't use superglue only epoxy as he gets in too much mess and tries to stick all his fingers together. He has done a good 90% of all the pens today. Just needed guidance of what types of pens and what bushes and how to make sure he has them the right way around..(digital calipers measurements.) [/QUOTE]

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