Well, with my "temporary retirement", I've recently found myself with a lot more free time. :rotflm: Yesterday, I was stuck at the house as the wife had to take the car to work. :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead: So, I decided that since I now had all of my tools in the [STRIKE]guest bedroom[/STRIKE] new man cave, I might as well turn a pen. :widea:
So here is how to turn a pen in your guest bedroom....
Step 1: Enter the [STRIKE]guest bedroom[/STRIKE] man cave. :gar-Bi
Step 2: Dig through stuff until you get to the miter saw. Take the miter saw out on the porch to cut the blanks (to keep the sawdust out of the room). :wink_smil
Step 3: Run extension chord outside and plug in miter saw.
Step 4: Cut the blanks.
Step 5: Dust off and take miter saw and extension chord back inside.
Step 6: Rig up a highly complicated dust collection system for your drill press. :rotflm: Side note, it also helps if you keep your finger right next to the drill bit to knock off the shavings before they shoot across the room. :icon_thum
Step 7: Glue the tubes into the blanks without gloves on. :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
Step 8: While the glue dries, spend half an hour getting glue off of fingers. :no:
Step 9: Get online and try to find a [STRIKE]new job[/STRIKE] way out of "temporary retirement". :rotflm:
Step 10: After glue dries, bring miter saw and extension chord back outside and trim the blanks. (Some of you do this with a barrel trimmer but I don't have one of those yet. :nah:
Step 11: Before you start turning, develop and install another highly complicated dust collection system for the lathe. :rotflm:
Step 12: Turn the pen.
Step 13: Sand the pen.
Step 14: Finish the pen with CA glue.
Step 15: Using valuable information learned from friends on NCWWer, wetsand with micromesh pads.
Step 16: Use Irwin Quick Grip clamp to assemble pen.
Step 17: Be VERY pleased with the results.
Step 18: Realize that you forgot to sweep up and have tracked sawdust all over the house. :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
I hope you all have enjoyed this tutorial. :rotflm: Skeeter, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the olive wood blank. You were right, it does smell like olive oil when you are turning it and it turned out beautifully. :gar-Bi
So here is how to turn a pen in your guest bedroom....
Step 1: Enter the [STRIKE]guest bedroom[/STRIKE] man cave. :gar-Bi
Step 2: Dig through stuff until you get to the miter saw. Take the miter saw out on the porch to cut the blanks (to keep the sawdust out of the room). :wink_smil
Step 3: Run extension chord outside and plug in miter saw.
Step 4: Cut the blanks.
Step 5: Dust off and take miter saw and extension chord back inside.
Step 6: Rig up a highly complicated dust collection system for your drill press. :rotflm: Side note, it also helps if you keep your finger right next to the drill bit to knock off the shavings before they shoot across the room. :icon_thum
Step 7: Glue the tubes into the blanks without gloves on. :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
Step 8: While the glue dries, spend half an hour getting glue off of fingers. :no:
Step 9: Get online and try to find a [STRIKE]new job[/STRIKE] way out of "temporary retirement". :rotflm:
Step 10: After glue dries, bring miter saw and extension chord back outside and trim the blanks. (Some of you do this with a barrel trimmer but I don't have one of those yet. :nah:
Step 11: Before you start turning, develop and install another highly complicated dust collection system for the lathe. :rotflm:
Step 12: Turn the pen.
Step 13: Sand the pen.
Step 14: Finish the pen with CA glue.
Step 15: Using valuable information learned from friends on NCWWer, wetsand with micromesh pads.
Step 16: Use Irwin Quick Grip clamp to assemble pen.
Step 17: Be VERY pleased with the results.
Step 18: Realize that you forgot to sweep up and have tracked sawdust all over the house. :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
I hope you all have enjoyed this tutorial. :rotflm: Skeeter, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the olive wood blank. You were right, it does smell like olive oil when you are turning it and it turned out beautifully. :gar-Bi