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I'm happy. Not too bad for my first turning in decades...

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After a bit of turning.

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Here it is set up with a fresh piece of material. A drop or two of oil at either end of the piece makes it turn quite smoothly.

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The power supply. It's a bow-type lathe, so I wrap this string around the piece a few times and push the stick back and forth to spin the piece.

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The other center is a piece of threaded rod, sharpened on one end and bent on the other to form a...

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One center. It's an old center punch ground down a bit. The board doesn't actually attach to the...

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Lathe tool rest. Again, just 2x4s screwed together.

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The lathe bed. Just 2x4s screwed together.

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The front of the vise is a full-width vise. Two acme threaded rods run all the way through the top...

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My work bench. 2x4s glued together for the top, legs tenoned into the top. Yes, it's a bit too...

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