DJ Fan

At a minimum, you will need the following:

• Lathe

• Tools

• A face shield (see safety section). Lots of people really like the Uvex Bionic anti-fog.

• Bench grinder (may be omitted if you plan to only use carbide tools, see tools section for more info).

• Sharpening jigs (at a minimum, this means upgraded tool rests for the bench grinder).

• If you are getting the lathe primarily to start turning pens, there are several additional specialty accessories that must be added for pen turning. See "Pen turning" section below.

The above represent the bare minimum to get started. If you can afford them, the following are very nice to have as well:

• Four-jaw scroll chuck

• Jacobs chuck

• Revolving cone center