Well, I finally got enough tooling in place and got a box of "castoff lumber" from my nephew who makes pens, so I made my first couple of inserts for my next rods. Still need to put a finish on them before they go into a build.



I need to find a place in the shop for this baby. I don't want to leave it in the garage, but it sure is nice leaving the chips and sanding dust out there. I'm using an old Jacobs Portomatic chuck until my 3-jaw arrives in the next couple of days. The Jet dealer wanted $100 for teh 3-jaw, and I found the same thing on Amazon.com for $38.50 with free shipping. http://www.amazon.com/PSI-LCM18-Micr.../dp/B0000223WZ



The sky's the limit now! Let's see...is there a cork tree in the neighborhood?

Joe