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On the advice of somebody at Turner's Retreat, I've just acquired a copy of The Pen Turning Manual (Second Edition) by Thomas Hutchinson and the staff of HUT Products. I bought it because it has quite a lot about using a Sherline lathe (I have a Sherline 5000) for turning pens. However, it was published in 1998 and seems rather dated. I turn pens using hand tools and a tool rest to remove most of the wood and then change to a carbide cutting tool mounted in a tool post for the final cuts before sanding. The book advocates mounting the carbide cutter upside down in a rocker tool post and attaching it to the cross slide behind the mandrel so that it cuts on a 10 degree angle just above the centre line of the wood blanks. It claims that this will give a smoother cut and will deflect the chips downwards. I have never seen this mentioned in other books or in videos I have watched, so can anybody tell me whether this is still regarded as good practice or is there some reason why this method has lost popularity?

<blockquote data-quote="Bob Ellis" data-source="post: 131573" data-attributes="member: 782">On the advice of somebody at Turner&#039;s Retreat, I&#039;ve just acquired a copy of The Pen Turning Manual (Second Edition) by Thomas Hutchinson and the staff of HUT Products. I bought it because it has quite a lot about using a Sherline lathe (I have a Sherline 5000) for turning pens. However, it was published in 1998 and seems rather dated. I turn pens using hand tools and a tool rest to remove most of the wood and then change to a carbide cutting tool mounted in a tool post for the final cuts before sanding. The book advocates mounting the carbide cutter upside down in a rocker tool post and attaching it to the cross slide behind the mandrel so that it cuts on a 10 degree angle just above the centre line of the wood blanks. It claims that this will give a smoother cut and will deflect the chips downwards. I have never seen this mentioned in other books or in videos I have watched, so can anybody tell me whether this is still regarded as good practice or is there some reason why this method has lost popularity?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Ellis, post: 131573, member: 782"] On the advice of somebody at Turner's Retreat, I've just acquired a copy of [I]The Pen Turning Manual (Second Edition)[/I] by Thomas Hutchinson and the staff of HUT Products. I bought it because it has quite a lot about using a Sherline lathe (I have a Sherline 5000) for turning pens. However, it was published in 1998 and seems rather dated. I turn pens using hand tools and a tool rest to remove most of the wood and then change to a carbide cutting tool mounted in a tool post for the final cuts before sanding. The book advocates mounting the carbide cutter upside down in a rocker tool post and attaching it to the cross slide behind the mandrel so that it cuts on a 10 degree angle just above the centre line of the wood blanks. It claims that this will give a smoother cut and will deflect the chips downwards. I have never seen this mentioned in other books or in videos I have watched, so can anybody tell me whether this is still regarded as good practice or is there some reason why this method has lost popularity? [/QUOTE]

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