04-10-2016, 07:53 PM
Just picked up a older Sherline (sears, really) Lathe for the grand price of $20.
I plan on doing some metal and plastics, but I also want to try my hand at pen turning and such.
I am a complete noob whether wood or metal.
The lathe is missing the tool holder, but that is not used in wood turning, so no loss relative to wood.
It has a tailstock dead center, but no live center. #0 morse (shortened). Apparently hard too find tooling for.
The headstock has a three jaw chuck and is threaded 3/4-16 with a #1 morse taper too.
My thoughts are to practice a bit first but I need a tool rest. I'm thinking a chunk of aluminum with a 5/8 hole drilled down the center and making a rest from welded up 5.8 round bar.
The sherline tool rest is flipin' expensive.
thoughts? Hints? Resources before I kill myself?
Thanks.
I plan on doing some metal and plastics, but I also want to try my hand at pen turning and such.
I am a complete noob whether wood or metal.
The lathe is missing the tool holder, but that is not used in wood turning, so no loss relative to wood.
It has a tailstock dead center, but no live center. #0 morse (shortened). Apparently hard too find tooling for.
The headstock has a three jaw chuck and is threaded 3/4-16 with a #1 morse taper too.
My thoughts are to practice a bit first but I need a tool rest. I'm thinking a chunk of aluminum with a 5/8 hole drilled down the center and making a rest from welded up 5.8 round bar.
The sherline tool rest is flipin' expensive.
thoughts? Hints? Resources before I kill myself?
Thanks.