I have a B&Q lathe (blush). I recently purchased one of these to make one of their pen kits
However my lathe has no obvious way of attaching the mandrel to either the head or tail stock - instead I have simple spikey things which stick into the end grain of the workpiece (sorry - woodturning newbie here!). Is there a fancy attachment for lathes that allows "anything" to be attached via some sort of clamp system, or is the lathe just cr@p?
However my lathe has no obvious way of attaching the mandrel to either the head or tail stock - instead I have simple spikey things which stick into the end grain of the workpiece (sorry - woodturning newbie here!). Is there a fancy attachment for lathes that allows "anything" to be attached via some sort of clamp system, or is the lathe just cr@p?