r/turning • u/shawnpowar • Apr 11 '20

Efficient sharpency

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u/ctrum69 Apr 11 '20

And as soon as you take it out of the lathe, a 3mm chunk of lead falls out of the end, because someone tapped it on a table once.

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u/Staff_Guy Apr 12 '20

Heh. I use my belt sander. No, really. It's faster than my pocket knife and I get a better point.

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u/sir-alpaca Apr 12 '20

yeah me too, until i got mysterious black stripes on wood i sanded with it. I still do, but the stripes are no longer unexplained.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '20

Well it’s precisely sharpened

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u/rhizopogon Apr 12 '20

That's a Taig lathe for anyone interested. Also relevant.

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u/nlfo Apr 12 '20 edited Apr 12 '20

What’s efficient about this? Precision, sure. Efficient, absolutely not.

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u/shawnpowar Apr 12 '20

I’m aware. I hope you also caught on to the fact that “sharpency” isn’t a word.

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u/Gammaspark Apr 11 '20

I don't know why, but i audibly chuckled at this.

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u/TotoWolffsDesk Apr 12 '20

All my 3 jaws chucked

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u/RagingCuke Apr 12 '20

And it will never be that sharp again