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tool bit for Oland tool - online source
Enco sells them for 2.20 each while CME sells the same (?) for 0.55? Other sources recommended or other steel grades? thx...
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Musing about steels for woodturners. (way too long)
Recently there has been several threads about steels and turning tools, both commercial and shop made. Many here came to the wood lathe by way of the engine lathe or other single point cutting machine...
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A belated thank you for chainsaw tips
Quite some while ago I asked for tips on how to properly cut logs with my chainsaw. I really liked the one someone suggested about the up/down hill cutting for going length wise along the grain. And...
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Gouges and making them.
Recently there was some discussion regarding what kind of gouge to buy. From what I read, the primary focus was on fitting the gouge to the lathe and, more generally, to the type of work that was to...
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PING - Owen Lowe how are you?
Owen, Been thinking of you and how I haven't seen a post here in a long time. Just hoping you're OK. Your email address bounced back. TomNie
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Crochet Hooks
Hello! Hoping some of you kind experts out there can lend me some advice. I've started, once again after many years, to crochet. It's been interesting just listening to my brain teach my hands how it...
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Turning To The Unfamiliar (Part One)
Turning To The Unfamiliar Inspired by Barbara Dill?s article on multi-axis turning in the Fall 2007 issue of American Woodturner I?ve been playing with some of the ideas she presented. Right now it?s...
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mesquite in Austin, TX.
Hey Gang, I will be in Austin in October and I would like to pick up a couple of nice mesquite logs to bring back to Kansas City. Does the city have lots where they take cut trees that I can pick...
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16 years ago
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Craftsman 15" lathe... Knob for opening the back?
The thing I dislike the most about this (other than the partly broken power switch, but that is how I was able to get it new for $80, so I won't complain...) is having to take that crappy allen head...
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16 years ago
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Follow-up on Tool Steel Question
Hope I'm not sounding too needy, but, I found the cold rolled steel and the HSS tool bits. I bought 3 feet of 1/2" CR Steel and 10 HSS bits. I drilled the end of a 12" piece of CR Steel out to a depth...
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Antique Lathe
My ancester moved here (in Ohio) in 1810. It is reported that he made bowls etc. What type of lathe could he have used? Any plans for making something similar? We are having a bicentennial and I would...
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New website
HI all. I just went public with a new website that I have been working on for a loooong time. I am not real swift at all website design, but was determined to do it on my own, so it took a while....
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Ideas for a turned knife holder?
My daughter wants something different (made by dad) from the usual slotted rectangular blocks or magnetic strips for her kitchen knives. Something elegant, turned to hold about six knives, all the way...
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turning blanks
Thanks for all the good advice. I've now blanked up the pieces, sealed the end with 3 coats of exterior grade paint, and put them in a brown paper bag and covered them all with wood shavings. I'll...
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Followup to the Penn State - Variable Speed Motor Kit Review
Guess I made the referenced post a bit to long since it appears no one responded to the questions. No matter, I'll make this a brief post and only if there are any questions will I provide more...
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