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Mobile base
Hat Mac... The lathe rolls around the shop with ease.. Thanks allot for the idea for the base, it works like a charm. That was the best 25 bucks in parts i ever bought. See Ya
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DVR XP
Anyone using this beast? How good a unit is it? Any drawbacks?
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Pen assembly problem
I've been assembling pens for several years and recently have developed a problem that I cannot figure out. When pressing the top portion of the pen onto the bottom, if I go so far as to have the...
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QC Criteria - Customers or Critics?
QC Criteria - Customers or Critics? (Note: I?m using the positive connotation of the word ?critics? - as in critique / constructive criticism - rather than negative nit picking egotistical attacks)...
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Turning in a Crowded House?
I have a house with a smallish basement. I say smallish because there is enough space for my lathe, but not enough for the dust and debris it creates. Does anyone know of or have some ideas about how...
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Turning - The Fuzzy Edges Form Of Woodworking?
No, this isn?t about ?What is the boundary between Art and Craft??. It's more about Turning - The Fuzzy Edges Form Of Woodworking. I?m playing with multi-axis turning, doing both circular cross...
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Reminder
Turned my Jet mini VS off with a spindle between centers. Left an inquisitive young child in the shop for just a second while I went into the house. Came back within a minute. The child was happily...
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Musing about decorative spindles
Like some of you, I look at the vessels, spindles etc. used to decorate the sets of TV shows or displayed in rooms pictured in slick magazines. Lately there seems to be a preponderance of straight...
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Any one tried the 2-1/2" Clear Hose Dust Collection Kit from Woodcraft
I'm thinking about adding a dust collection system to my small shop in my basement. We just had a baby in May, so I'm concerned about the extra dust in the house. Has anyone tried the 2-1/2" Clear...
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Again with the buffing
Prior to my shelling out $$ for buffing equipment I would ask a couple questions. Let's assume I have turned my bowl and sanded to around 220 or so. I then apply some Watco Danish oil, or BLO. I sand...
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Road kill walnut - Hamilton, Ont.
I picked up a couple of loads of walnut that was cut this morning, Oct. 9, logs about 12~16" diameter and about 16~20" long. Beautiful stuff but I have no way of doing anything with it as my chainsaw...
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16 years ago
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If you only had one...
If you only had one tool for spindle work, and just one for bowls, what would you choose? sort of the "stuck on an island" question. State type, size and make
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Beginner questions re: buffing.
I hope I have come to the right NG as I saw many threads about buffing here. I just want to learn to buff small metal articles like stainless steel watch bands, spoons etc. I bought a 1/6 hp motor...
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Heads Up For Wood Phreaks - Book
Borders Bookstore has Romeyn Beck Hough's The Wood Book The Complete Plates on sale for $39.95 US. This 800 page, hard bound book has color plates of a transverse section, radial section and...
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Mobile base
Hi everyone I have been a woodworker for nearly 40 years, mostly furniture, now I would like to try my hand at turning. I have just ordered a Jet-1442 1hp with the cast iron legs. My question is: what...
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