Small update thinking at work that I could use the metal that was removed to shape the head as the material for the bezel,
Machined a groove and ran a pilot hole for driver
into the lathe and parted off, material for the bezel instead of waste! 
Thanks for the vid LTP. Hows the parting off going? No broken tools?
A small update ,
realizing I should have knurled the bezel before parting I’ve changed the design a little
Decided to cut flutes around the diameter (used the head to support it in the vice
bezel finished!
No all good, it works well for fins as well
Cant be much wall thickness there.
still 2mm under the root of the thread, ample considering the 1.25mm pitch.
next to shape the rear of the head
Nice job saving on waste and recovery from no knurling 
Ok another small update,
Head complete, may have gone overboard with the fins,
Now on to the tailcap and tube
Looks cool, Good work.
As iconic as the Aussie recycling bin lol
Lots of fins need lots of current.
Pretty pretty!
This build is in no way connected to any competition, the remark in the first post is just a bit of dig!
sorry if this has caused any problems
regards Ltp
All the finning makes it appear to be a small engine cylinder. 
Interesting to follow this.
I have a Christmas, non-competion, project I will be starting soon. The last parts I had to purchase came in Saturday’s post. I will start a topic when I start cutting and drilling wood.
A small update ,time to start on the tailcap
small video thread turning how slow can you go?
next to castle the tailcap similar to the head and make battery tube hopefully in the next couple of days
Nice video ltp. Good to see you remember how to use the lathe after spending all your time on the NC mill. Love the packer under the tool. Multi purpose fish tail gauge.
That spindle speed it super slow 
Its great for threading, I took the single phase motor of and put a 3 phase with vfd;
I can go from 5 rpm to 2500,much smoother as well .the Chinese vfd talks a little though
Hi another small update.
ok the batteries arrived ,I decided to engrave the battery tube rather than knurl it.
and finally put all the parts in the tumbler for the afternoon
I hope they turn out ok
A little vid of the engraving
well several hours in and looked like nothing was happening ,so I gave the parts a buff up
came up ok. assembled all the components
pictured with a few other builds.
so 15 amps is ok I guess.
will try for a beam shot of the shed later…