I am making another pen body here. The mighty Taig micro-lathe is a good pen making lathe. I have removed the tool rest and have completed the sanding and one coat of finish. Plenty power at 1/4 HP and you can see I am running about mid speed on the belt drive.  The turning is very easy to do. ...

I did my first post on this subject in the Shop Notes tab of this web site: http://thehobbyistworkshop.com/jla/index.php/shop-notes/the-shop-dust-storm Now that I have the blog in place  it makes more sense to continue the story here. It seems no one is reading or at least commenting here,...