What No one told me how fun it is toturn wood! Why not!

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:50 pm

GOOD LOOKING turnings ya did there. What finish did ya use?

BTW we wanted to keep it a secret from ya about turning.

Shop_Smith_Poppi · Post by **Shop_Smith_Poppi** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:04 pm

I buffed them with Tripoli and White Diamond buffing compounds. Then waxed them with Carnauba wax.

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:02 pm

A really nice start, welcome to the addiction. The lathe is my favorite of the standard mark 5 configurations and despite some limitations, a Shopsmith is a really nice mid size lathe.

The 2 biggest limitations I have come across are

1. a lack of a Morse Taper on the head stock. There are some attachments and techniques I would like to try but will never be able to. Like drilling through a head stock mounted blank.

2. the fixed tail stock move the quill thing. This can make some techniques awkward to learn especially drilling and tapping/threading.

You just have to adapt to different techniques/strategies.

Keep up the good work.