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PING Charlie turner websites
Try these for some interesting stuff. His home page. Check out his "studio" and the size of the stuff he turns. Also, the two steady rests and the reverse turning jig. His links to a bunch of French...
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Really 'OUTSIDE the BOX'
How about making your own plastic blanks.. All you need is some food coloring, A LARGE supply of Styrofoam peanuts or other scrap Styrofoam and a tiny bit of gasoline, When I say tiny I do mean tiny...
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Seeking shop for tricky project
Hi Guys! I'm looking for someone to make me a roughly conical shape in hardwood. ~3.5" long x 2.5" wide, it would have a narrow taper along half the length, then a short straight section with a...
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Turning - Thinking "Outside The Box"?
Yesterday, after an hour at the Dontist (no, that's not a misspelling of "dEntist" - "dOntists" are the Formula One drivers of dentistry), and in a Vicodin induced state, I spent several hours...
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Going to Colorado
I will be in the Denver & Brekenridge areas in early October. Any suggestions for turning tool shops, exotic wood shops, or galleries would be appreciated.
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Turning blanks
I have a set of 3 maple turning blanks that I recieved from a friend who works for a tree service company. The 3 blanks are about 6 inches across and about a foot or so long each. They were cut last...
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Musing about turning simple sphericons.
So far Charlie has received the same response to his multi-axis threads that I got from my posts re sphericons a couple of years ago; namely, what the little boy shot at. I had looked forward to more...
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Project page?
Oops! Sorry. I posted this first under the wrong heading. Just a quick yes or no question here folks. This being bulb planting season and wanting a garden dibber (no I do not know where last year's...
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funky burls?
I bought 3 cherry burls at an auction. I roughed one out and it is "interesting". There are voids and places where the wood is rock hard next to places where it is punky. Needless to say, it is tough...
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Tool rest shape
In addition to the buffing supplies I asked about a week or so ago, another item has been added to my wish list. I have a Jet 12-36 and it serves my current needs admirably. However I would like to...
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Source for tool steel
I have asked this question of Darrell Feltmate also and I am sure that I will get good info from him, but I thought I would see what other sources there are. I want to make some of my own tools. I...
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Problem with used lathe
I recently purchased a used Craftsman model 113.228162 lathe from a neighbor. It is in very good shape with one significant exception. I have not been able to extract either the spindle from the head...
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Bangle Bracelets
I was looking at a small straight-sided bowl and thought: If this were the correct size I could slice it up into bangle bracelets. So I turned one the right size and sliced it up. I showed some to...
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OT What happened to rec.woodworking
Changed in service? What? It disappeared from my line-up, reloaded it = and no new postings in three days.
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New Project Page: Lamp
Hi all. Vacation is sort of underway. Does driving a van load (and I do mean load) of furniture 21 hours from Nova Scotia to Ontario and setting up my daughter's apartment count as vacation? While we...
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