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A couple of questions regarding tops and grinders
When making a bowl/box with a top, is it more common to make the top to fit over the outside of the bowl/box [think bottle of pop] or to fit on the inside [think whisky cork]? I've gone both ways and...
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Teaching my kid.. what a kick
My youngest stepson, 26, is here for a month and wanted to spend some time in the lathe.. It's been so cool to pass on the joy of turning, especially to such an apt and attentive learner.. This kid is...
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Happy Birthday Pops
This Saturday Texas woodturner Devore Burch will be celebrating his 90th birthday. If you know him please wish him many more and if you would like to see a few examples of his work go here... You...
 
Water Buffalo Horn
Where's a good place to get good (and cheap) water buffalo horn? I'd prefer pieces bigger than pen blanks as I have an application other than pens for it, but any help would be appreciated.
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templates
Richard Raffan wrote a book called 'Turned Bowl Design'. I got a used copy from Amazon. I assume the book copyrighted in 1987 is out of print by now. The reason I am posting this is the book talks...
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Got IN THE ZONE Again
The Zone, Zen Moments, "Just So" Time - they're all the same - when everything just happens almost perfectly and effort- lessly. Get there and you're brain rewards you with a shot of endorphin - much...
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Link To A Lot of Links on Woodturning
This is Marshall's Woodturning Links - inspirations galore. Figure on spending a few hours exploring. charlie b Marshall's Woodturning Links contain more than five hundred links to Woodturning, tools,...
 
My First ten pens
Hi all, This afternoon I turned my first ten pens. Six were turned from tulip and the others from spalted maple. They came out pretty damn snazzy (if I may be permitted to say so). I never expected...
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Sitting at the lathe.
In church, some of us kneel to pray, sit to learn and stand to praise and for some, salvaging nature's trees can be a sort of religious experience. Whatever, now all of us can sit and stand at the...
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Round stock on band saw - THANK YOU Darrell!
As I was browsing this morning for inspiration, I went through some of Master Feltmate's turning tips.. Clicked on the "cutting round objects on the band saw" or whatever, expecting yet another jig to...
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Computer design ideas needed
Some of you guys are computer sharp and I'd like to run something by you. I found recently that turning to exact specs can be a real exercise versus the usual go with the flow turning. It's fabulous...
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FA: Two New 1/2" Chucks.Starting at $1
I have two new 1/2" Chucks up for auction. One Keyless Jacobs "Hand Tite" and one Golden Goose. The Golden Goose is Taiwanese, but looks robust. The auction on both starts at $1 Thanks for looking
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One Tool, One Type of Turning, One Wood OR Keep Exploring?
I've noticed that in the turning club I joined, the "old hands" seem to have found a particular type of turning - say natural edged bowls (winged or not) or "closed forms", maybe with tiny openings in...
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what kind of glue
I'm getting up the nerve to turn some Eucalyptus burl cap. I want to make into a natural edged bowl (hopefully nested set). I've got a fair amount of experience using coring chisels on local stuff...
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AWGB seminar update
Hi all, sorry to stick my foot in it back there, it seems we are both right, the AWGB told me it was Saturday because that is usually the best day to go on, but having checked with them again and they...