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Glueing the tubes.
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5 coats of spray laquer
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2 coats of sealcoat
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Ready for sanding
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Round!
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Getting it round
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Drilling the blanks
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Blanks mounted
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Blanks with tubes
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Cutting the blanks
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Preparing to cut the blanks
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The victim
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Pen kit
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Pen kit contents
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Mandrel saver in lathe
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Completed pen
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Side view of lathe

I have finished the main base and here it is in it new home waiting for a few extra add ons.
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Nova chuck runout

I bought a used Nova Midi and first run up there was visible runout so I checked it with a dial indicator. Runout on the outside of the jaws was ~0.040; but is tough to check. Then I chucked a piece of PVC (it was the best thing I could find) and runout was ~0.015. Considering the PVC may not...
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- May 5, 2013
- lathe nova runout
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Spring Pole Lathe - Under construction

Here is my SPL as it is now. Needs more work.
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Very low cost way of measuring tool speed.

After switching my lathe to a variable speed DC motor I didn't know it’s speed range so rather than buying a digital tachometer for a one off measurement I used some old tech… a homemade strobe tachometer. Turntables had a series of lines around the platter so that with a strobe you could set...
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- Apr 25, 2013
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