I bought a Rikon mini lathe way back at the Klingspor show in Hickory. Had to promise LOML not to use it till Christmas. Family all gave me accessories, including a pen starter kit from PSI. Just before Christmas I started building a lathe stand, hopefully similar to the one Splinger built and posted here. About the time I started on the stand, my MIL took a turn for the worse. WW projects stopped as I was helping around the house and Christmas stuff while my wife was spending as much time as possible with her mom. She passed away 1/1/08 at 4:45 AM. We were with her. Talk about how to bring in the New Year.
Anyway, I finished just enough of the stand to mount the lathe. Couldn't wait any longer, just had to check to see if it was the right height. Here is the long overdue post.
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I made the obligatory first pen, a slimline, 24kt twist top and Rosewood blanks that came in the PSI starter kit. It turned out OK, so I just had so show LOML how tallented I was. Thinking I had mastered penmaking in just one pen, I proceded to shatter the next two blanks (too thin). Wife asked me to make six more for people in the neighborhood who were so nice and helpful. Good practice, and they turned out OK.
Anyway, I finished just enough of the stand to mount the lathe. Couldn't wait any longer, just had to check to see if it was the right height. Here is the long overdue post.
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I made the obligatory first pen, a slimline, 24kt twist top and Rosewood blanks that came in the PSI starter kit. It turned out OK, so I just had so show LOML how tallented I was. Thinking I had mastered penmaking in just one pen, I proceded to shatter the next two blanks (too thin). Wife asked me to make six more for people in the neighborhood who were so nice and helpful. Good practice, and they turned out OK.