Mini Lathe Acquired and Acquainted!

I played hookie today and took M'Lady through the keyhole (AKA Mini Shopping @ Dallas' 'Through The Keyhole' miniature store) We met some nice people and pointed them this way. Hopefully we will be seeing them here. We picked up the basics for several cool projects and in addition brought home a desire to continue our adventure through actual use ;)

Which brings us to this picture! (Hey, I never promised this story was going to be short *AND* to the point!) A friend of mine did a little shopping for me the other day at Harbor Freight. I now own a Mini Lathe. I have hesitated to use it, partly from time, and partly from a lack of a duplicator. While I still don't have the mini-lathe-duplicator-attachment, I couldn't wait any longer. And thus, Some random turnings were born!! :yikes:

I'll post updates as I explore the wonderful world of turning big sticks into smaller, more creative versions of themselves! :woohoo: , but for now, I just had to share with people who'd "GET IT" when I said I was running a table saw and an 8 inch lathe at midnight in my garage