HERE is an attractive pair of candle sticks which you can turn with the new carbide tipped turning chisels. The finished products are shown in Photograph No. 1. The plastic base is turned from 1/4" clear Plexiglas, while the cup itself is turned from 1-1/2" free turning brass rod. Photograph No. 2 shows the brass rod chucked in the lathe, using the 3-jaw self-centering chuck. The bottom of the candle cup is turned first. (See full-size drawing on the following page) After turning this bottom step, the bowl itself is turned round as shown in Photograph No. 3. The round nose carbide tipped turning chisel is used for this operation. This chisel is used free-hand as described in the announcement enclosed with your last Deltagram. The tip of the chisel is pivoted or rolled back and forth to get a good, clean cutting action.

After the bowl of the cup has been turned round, the next step is to cut two grooves around the center. These grooves are cut slightly wider than the tip of the 1/8" square chisel. Use the round nose chisel to start the grooves and then finish off the inside corners with the square nose. The cut is kept slightly wider than the width of the chisel and the tip is moved back and forth in this groove so that the full width of the cut does not bear on the chisel tip at one time. After the grooves are cut the cup is cut off from the brass rod and reversed in the lathe chuck so that the 3-jaws of the chuck grip the lower step of the candle stick. (See Photograph No. 5.) The top of the cup is then finished off round and the hole for the base of the