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Getting back in the pen saddle...

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Like the clamp with the supporting of the threaded end by the tailstock would an internal plug with a shoulder give more strength while you turn? The threads look great clean as that cooking oil seems the go mate.

I make my shorter pen rests using plate for an angle rest of about 45 degrees, very restful for me in all turning yes that is turning a long way out at the moment. Thanks for the progress pics.

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Cheers guys. No new pics today...sorry...
Visited the Toolpost in Didcot today and had a very helpful discussion with Peter Hemsley about my wivamac lathe. Turns out my lack of a lever for lifting the motor when changing pulleys is due to a non-standard motor. Will probably have to live with the inconvenience.

Anyway did buy a shorter tool rest so will do some more tomorrow if I don't get too waylaid by working on my shop made disc sander...another alteration needed since the arrival of my new lathe...progress so far:
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sfurini said:
Cheers, Phil.
The alumilite takes threads beautifully - I use a spray-on cooking spray as lubricant to ease things along. Thread cutting on alumilite is so much easier than polyester resin which I've tried in the past but found too brittle.
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i found that too with the PR- even the stuff marketed as "can be threaded, do not confuse with Chinese PRs"
 
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Penpal said:
Like the clamp with the supporting of the threaded end by the tailstock would an internal plug with a shoulder give more strength while you turn? The threads look great clean as that cooking oil seems the go mate.

Peter.
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Hi Peter
The clamp grips very tightly so I don't think any extra strength is needed. I only have the front fixture on when I need to know an accurate depth to a drilled hole. When not in use I just pull out the pin, in the picture below, and undo the clamp to remove the front fixture.

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sfurini said:
Cheers guys. No new pics today...sorry...
Visited the Toolpost in Didcot today and had a very helpful discussion with Peter Hemsley about my wivamac lathe. Turns out my lack of a lever for lifting the motor when changing pulleys is due to a non-standard motor. Will probably have to live with the inconvenience.

Anyway did buy a shorter tool rest so will do some more tomorrow if I don't get too waylaid by working on my shop made disc sander...another alteration needed since the arrival of my new lathe...progress so far:
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Is the motor you are using from your old lathe?
 
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Hi - the motor's actually from another old lathe - a Record drillmaster that I got off ebay for £30 a few years ago. I did have the disc set up on it with the motor connected to the headstock still and the disc on the headstock but I don't have the room for it like this anymore after rearranging things in my workshop. If/when my old lathe gets sold I've still got the old single phase motor for it which I'm thinking of using to build a drum sander with....love a long list of tuits!
 
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sfurini said:
Hi Peter
The clamp grips very tightly so I don't think any extra strength is needed. I only have the front fixture on when I need to know an accurate depth to a drilled hole. When not in use I just pull out the pin, in the picture below, and undo the clamp to remove the front fixture.

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Thanks Stewart one day for me mate so much tidy up to find everything but it is looking more possible I have not used my VICMARC VL100 since I got the 150 so I will turn that into a buffing unit shame not to utilise the variable speed and convenience right behind where I turn. I bought in preparation for kitless a device with 5 attachments to hold taps in line from the tailstock and a few sizes of button dies gave it a whirl recently. Large tick.

Peter.
 
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Pierre--- said:
You like to go on the narrow side for drilling, it seems. Any reason?
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Hi Pierre. Sorry,missed your question earlier. I'm not sure what you mean by going on the narrow side - do you mean narrow for the tap or narrow for the difference between the cap thread and the nib thread? If the latter then it's because I don't have a smaller tap yet.

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Progress made tonight. Finished rough turning the barrel to just under 15mm and 80mm long.
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The new short tool rest was much better than the 12 inch one used previously!

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Then reversed the body in a smaller collet and drilled for a different coloured insert.

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I needed a smaller chisel to turn a flat bottom to the hole. I used a 1/4 inch piece of hss and ground two flats on it.

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I was going to turn a handle for it from a bargain piece of hardwood from Yandles but only got as far as drilling the hole and used it in this very crude state!

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It worked well...

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Next task was to turn the insert. I'll show this in another post...

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The insert is from some orange alumilite I cast...

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After shaping it I used micrometer and polish to finish it.

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Unfortunately I was too heavy handed with CA glue and when it was stuck in the seam between the two pieces was very poor...

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I cleaned this up with a little careful trimming on a closed end mandrel I made from aluminium rod.

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The mandrel runs nicely concentric...

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Next was a little shaping of the barrel to taper at the end.

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And the final action for today was to sand and micromesh and a quick blast on the buffing wheels to get an idea of what the finished barrel will be like...

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Nib section is the next task...Probably unlikely to get any time on this until Friday ?

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Coming along well Stewart. Like the finial and body shape.
For the flat bottom hole I use a single flute end mill, 6mm one held in the tail stock.

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You have been an inspiration Stewart, you got me off my arse to have a go at a kitless pen. :thumbs:
Been playing today with different materials. Trying to find a work flow method.
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Cheers for this it's nice to have the spark back.
 
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Macaronytony said:
You have been an inspiration Stewart, you got me off my arse to have a go at a kitless pen. :thumbs:
Been playing today with different materials. Trying to find a work flow method.
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Cheers for this it's nice to have the spark back.
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Delighted it's got you going. It's not much fun when the inspiration isn't there !

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