A Pencil Upgrade: Woodturning on a Mini Lathe

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A short woodturning project that turns a plain pencil into a nicer one on a mini lathe, showing blank prep, tool presentation and finishing at small scale from a precision machinist.

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A short woodturning project that turns a plain pencil into a nicer one on a mini lathe, showing blank prep.

Video by Chronova Engineering, played through YouTube's embedded player.

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