[Regnar]

After a few attemps to find a affordable drag engraver the cheapest I could find ready to buy was 345.00. So I gave up on that ideal a while ago. Next I was reading an article in Digital Machinist although good I dont have a lathe and dont think I would use one often enough to buy it (Although it might become an edition to the shop) and I would need someone to teach me how to use it.

In the end I just bought a cheap carbide tip from Here

Next was 3.00 of .75 6061 alu from local supplier.

Chucked it up into a 3/4 collet and this is where we are so far. Im having alittle trouble making a nice tight fit but I think I have it down now. I wasnt thinking in terms of dividing half of what I want to cut off. So I ended up with loose fits. No biggy I could make 6 of these with the amout of stock I purchased.

Now that I know alittle more than nothing about turning I figured I would do a writeup on it if you guys are interested. Might even put a few videos up. So let me know and I will get to work. I am looking to be done with this by next weekend if all the supplies come in on time like springs and engraving bits. Now for the pictures.