There seems to be a never ending list of essential tools and they are almost always beautifully crafted, well designed, and expensive. Never buy what you can borrow, never borrow what you can make.
There seems to be a never ending list of essential tools and they are almost always beautifully crafted, well designed, and expensive. Never buy what you can borrow, never borrow what you can make.
To which I add: never loan a tool you expect to ever see again.
I'd rather buy a hammer than a lathe (yes I would, if I could).
John Hamlett
www.hamlettinstruments.com
Turn, turn, turn
Well you would have to have a 2K lathe to make an eleven dollar hammer.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
I own a $2k+ lathe and I can tell you that is not one of them!
He did not make a hammer; he made a new tip for an existing hammer.....
True, the little Craftsman/Atlas lathe is about the poorest ancient American metal-working machine of its size, but it was made in large numbers, and can be a versatile tool for lots of uses. Plus it usually can be had (with base tooling) for the cost of a plywood mandolin. On the other hand, the home-use South Bend 9, which is somewhat better, is worshipped like certain mandolin brand names, and can easily sell for $2K. Hobby machinists love them. Either machine, the skill of the user is the important thing.
John Hamlett
www.hamlettinstruments.com
That lathe was given to me, and yes it is not a very good one, but it's ok if you stay within its limits.
But as I said in the video, there's no real need to even use a lathe at all. You can just use the parts straight off of the shelf. It was just an excuse to play with the lathe - which I rarely use. Stewmac's hammers are about $30.
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