I thought what this guy did with hand tools was pretty neat
#7
He was building a lathe from a hand drill and then turned bobbers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEDpfTh714U



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#8
that is neat. I built a lathe for cutting pens out of some junk I found in the trash at work.
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#9
I like how he used an Egg beater to do it and hand tools to make it all from.

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EricU said:


that is neat. I built a lathe for cutting pens out of some junk I found in the trash at work.




Have any pictures your willing to share?
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#11
Very cool!

Be a great project to bring kids into the shop with, too...especially if they like to fish.
Dave Arbuckle was kind enough to create a Sketchup model of my WorkMate benchtop: http://www.arbolloco.com/sketchup/MauleSkinnerBenchtop.skp
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#12
That is a great idea there.
I was hoping if I posted it that it would help someone one.

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