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Awesome pen-making video

Jim

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What pen? I saw some parts being made and a nib ... :thinks:


Wouldn't mind being able to do what he did thou ... :whistling:
 
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I don't consider that he made a pen, he pressed some buttons and turned some handles.
The machine did the work for him, unlike us-----------------
 
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Personally I enjoyed the line-drawing on the video. When he retracts the drill bit from the blank and the line drawing matches up exactly to the drill flutes ... Yeah yeah, I know - I'm easily pleased!

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wm460 said:
Was it a CNC metal lathe or a metal lathe with a DRO?
If it a metal lathe with a DRO you still have do all the hard work turning, the DRO just gives you accurate measurements.
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As I say it depends on your defintion of hard work. Personally I don't consider turning a handle to be hard hard work but hey, each to their own.
Come with me for a day and see how many blisters you have at the end of it.
All I am saying here is that the machine does the work for you unlike doing it by hand as we do on our wood turning lathes.
Tell me I am wrong but I liken it to a woman putting clothes in a washing machine then sitting down with a cuppa and saying what hard work she has been doing with all the washing.
Get real.
 
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clumsysod said:
As I say it depends on your defintion of hard work. Personally I don't consider turning a handle to be hard hard work but hey, each to their own.
Come with me for a day and see how many blisters you have at the end of it.
All I am saying here is that the machine does the work for you unlike doing it by hand as we do on our wood turning lathes.
Tell me I am wrong but I liken it to a woman putting clothes in a washing machine then sitting down with a cuppa and saying what hard work she has been doing with all the washing.
Get real.
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I agree George, not hard at all, but skilful. :thumbs:
 
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It very skill full as if you are using a dro that reads as 0.000 it can take a long time to get it to the perfect size but on my course I am studying next year the tolerance is 0.001 which is so small so that is hard work
 
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I think we will have to beg to differ on this one young man, come back in 10 yrs time when you have some experience.
 
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It clearly shows how we all feel about certain things, me personally believe things to be easier if i have done it regular, now someone who is just starting out and finds it difficult in time will find it easy. This is how we learn ... :thumbs:
 
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