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Turned my first tenon by hand on the wood lathe. Nerve wracking to say the least, but she fits nicely!

Just wow. That is impressive as hell.

I don't think I could pull that off. Nice work!

Welcome to the club! Exciting isn't it?

What tool did you use?

Impressive.

Good show!!! You must feel great!!!

Thanks guys.
Scottie, I used the easy start rougher with the following tip. This is where I get all my carbide tips for this tool.
http://azcarbide.com/product/mini-squar ... d-corners/

I use him and Capt. Eddie Castilin. Both offer great deals for carbide!!!

mightysmurf8201 wrote:Thanks guys.
Scottie, I used the easy start rougher with the following tip. This is where I get all my carbide tips for this tool.
http://azcarbide.com/product/mini-squar ... d-corners/

Same tool I use. That's where I buy all my inserts. I haven't tried that one yet, but love all the others.

OK, I finally figured this shit out.

Manny bought one of these, named it "Woodrow"---calls it "Wood" for short---and pushed the start button with a finger on his "hand":

You guys are so gullible.

You've discovered my secret, George! Now everyone and their mother is going to be buying this machine and making "handcut tenons" for their hybrid/artisan/authentic pressed Mayan bog-briar pipes!

That's how I used to cut my tenons before I got a metal lathe. Once you get used to it it's not all that bad. It just takes time and patience. Nice job Manny.

Nice job, I don't do as well with my little lathe.
I am interested in your collet chuck, can you tell me about it?
Thanks, DocAitch

Looks like a standard ER32 collet chuck. They are commonly available.

ER system is very good for work holding if you are using non-standard material sizes. I have an ER40 chuck that I made for my lathe, superb bit of kit and worth every penny and more.

caskwith wrote:Looks like a standard ER32 collet chuck. They are commonly available.

ER system is very good for work holding if you are using non-standard material sizes. I have an ER40 chuck that I made for my lathe, superb bit of kit and worth every penny and more.

+1. I have one and use it in both headstock and tailstock.

DocAitch wrote:Nice job, I don't do as well with my little lathe.
I am interested in your collet chuck, can you tell me about it?
Thanks, DocAitch

This here is what I have. Individual collets can be found on ebay or amazon for pretty cheap.
http://www.bealltool.com/products/turni ... tchuck.php

Thanks.
DocAitch