[WWI] Plastic "lathe"

[Douglas Anderson]

I will be purchasing a Unimat soon. At the moment I have a dremel which is mounted in a home-made cradle. Not ideal but it does the job.
  In fact, building ones own lathe is very simple. 

"Nicklas, Brian" <NicklasB at si.edu> wrote:
  I have a "décor-egger" that is a very toyish lathe for painting Easter eggs.
(now is the time to buy one!) I think it was mentioned in a very early FineScale magazine or their early tips book.
I got it at the local druggists shop one Easter season; it is good for painting stripes on bombs, wheels and minor tasks.
I wouldn't use it to shave plastic - not enough to it for that.
Oh - it has a small hand crank, it is not powered.
- Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of Diego Fernetti
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:30 AM
To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
Subject: [WWI] Plastic "lathe"

I recall reading an article by Harry Woodman in a "recent-ish" issue of 
Windsock magazine where he mentions some sort of toy "lathe" that might be 
useful for modeling purposes. Does anyone recalls the name of this 
contraption? Is still available in the market?
D. 




 
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