My wife is a keen knitter, albeit new to the craft. She recently bought herself a pair of 9mm wooden needles, she prefers wood to plastic or metal. The problem was one of our dogs decided to chew the end off one needle;
An easy fix, I faced off the end of needle in the lathe and used my compound slide set at 10 degrees to turn the taper;
Both needles were so treated, to make a matching pair. After a light sanding followed by a quick wipe of Danish oil they were as good as new, although now approx. 12mm shorter;
Another reason to own a lathe.
As for the dog, she also unraveled several balls of new wool. Anyone want a dog?
Paul.
I think I'd rather have the lathe.... :-)
ReplyDeleteShe's quite cute, and a rescue, very low maintenance, pretty as well...
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