Turned out OK

[germdoc]

After a long absence due to 2 moves, a divorce, and various other crises, I'm now back in the woodshop. Here are some pics of my latest work--a wine bottle stopper made from birch that I myself cut up, and pens made from lacewood and curly maple

Sorry for quality of pics, but the only digicam I have right now is my cellphone.

[MilDoc]

Nice work! A lathe, hmmmmmm.....

[Russianwolf]

Welcome back Jeff.

I learned something new today on the lathe. Make sure that there is no debris in the Moris Taper when you put your mandrel in.

I have two blanks that are VERY lopsided. They are round, but one side is 1/4 inch and the opposite side is 1/8th inch.

[gerti]

Major bummer, nothing like a bit of turning therapie. And the results are so nice!

[Ken Massingale]

Nice turning, Jeff.

[lrogers]

You didn't forget anything while you were away from the shop. Good job on all the pieces.

[goslin23]

Very nice.

I've contemplated a lathe in my shop and seeing some of the neat things you can do with them are making me start to look into buying one.

-=gos=-

[leehljp]

Well, it looks like you are getting all round on us! Enjoy the turning. I like the lacewood! All my girls have one.

I learned something today in pen making too! I learned how to make a pen without a mandrel! Works great! NO bushing problems with this setup.

I took a 3/4 by 6 inch aluminum rod, turned one end so that it was 1/2 inch diameter by 3/4 in length so that it would fit in my 1/2 in 2 MT drill chuck.

Then I put the drill chuck into the head stock, inserted the rod into the drill chuck and turned a taper on the other end.

With this setup I have two points to mount the blank: the live center on the tail stock and the dead center on the head stock (in the drill chuck).

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[Crash2510]

looks great love the look of the lacewood

[mater]

Very nice looking work Jeff.

[JR]

Nice work, Jeff!

Too bad about the divorce. Hang in there and see the kids as often as you can.

JR