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I posted about making drop spindles for a local shop a while back. The first batch was received well so the shop owner ordered more. I've been working on them and it happens the first reading at our church service last Sunday was selected versus from Proverbs 31. It's generally accepted that king Solomon wrote proverbs and in chapter 31 he is extolling the virtues of a good woman or wife. Two of the versus were verse 13 and verse 19. I knew as soon as I read them I had to use them with this batch of spindles. I'm really happy with the laser engraving on this. You may notice a little notch on the right side of the whorl, that's on purpose and traps the wool when spinning.
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When I bought my little laser engraver, I didn't really think things thru about how/where I was going to use it. Setting up to engrave different turnings is a challenge. Partly because the laser's working area is pretty small and partly because of the limited focus distance. I mounted the laser on a sub-base so I could clamp it to keep it stationary, but focus adjustments were challenging. Eventually I mounted the laser on my bench drill press. Using the drill press table height adjustment, the box I made for the laser storage and scraps of wood I could get the settings pretty close. Making the critical last focus adjustments meant trying to reach around the setup and tweaking the drill press table crank- a real pain because of the location. I thought if I could make an adjustable, axillary table with a more easily accessibly adjustment control; then I could set the drill press table to a height close to what I need. Then use the axillary table for the precise location. In hind sight, I would have saved a lot of wasted materials had I drawn this in Sketchup first. The "scissor lift" mechanism is the second version (first version seen in the pieces above/left in first picture). Fortunately, all the materials came from scraps and hardware already in the shop. Without the table and lead screw- 4 angles From the top- Works pretty good. Haven't set up the laser yet to actually do engraving. The lead screw is 1/4 x 20 all thread.
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