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Lathe abuse?
I cut a 18" crab apple log in half, sketched out an 12" circle on each, and roughly trimmed it with the chainsaw. Unfortunately it was way too big to fit on my bandsaw, but it would have bound anyhow....
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'Seeing' torn endgrain
Many years ago I attended a presentation by a guy who wrote on the psychology of computer programming. He put a picture up on the screen and asked people to find all the defects. There was a wide...
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Turning Club President's Challenge Project for August in a.b.p.w.
Got next months pieces almost done - 48 things to turn - all with a 1/2" curved edge skew on a JET mini/midi and a SuperNova2 chuck. Fun this turning thing. And with a lot of practice with a curved...
 
Beginner's Note
Indeed a great quote, but it but it should be attributed to: Regards, Steve Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia
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Help please sanding staircase - sanding disc grades?
Hi, I have started sanding my old staircase (just the handrail) by hand, being the stupid girl I am. I have now realised that my life would so much easier if I bought a Random Orbital Sander (gleamed...
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Minimal bottom nib
Am looking for a way to make a 1 1/2" dia. hole, ~1 1/2" deep with minimal bottom indentation (flat-bottomed hole). I have a 1/2 hp drill press and a 3/4 hp lathe. 38 mm is also acceptable. I want to...
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Shop accident
Tonight, while applying CA to a pen using a folded over piece of paper towel as a swab, the CA -for reasons as yet unfathomed- gushed out. It went through the towel onto my fingers, picking up enough...
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Bandsaw Resharpening Video Clip Now Available!
Hello to the group, Many of you are familiar with my Bandsaw Resharpening Protocol. It is in use by woodturners all over the world to resharpen their bandsaw blades and is a great way to squeeze some...
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UK Seminar
Hi all, I just enrolled for the AWGB Loughborough Seminar on the 10th - 12th August . Hopefully I will bump into some of you there. For those who have not enrolled for the weekend perhaps you might...
 
dish soap..
hey guys. i used to read this group a long time ago when i was planning on getting a lathe. i've finally got one and have been practicing on some of the box elder that my property is afflicted with....
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OT: Question about av.rds.yahoo.com
While looking up information using various search engines (mostly I noticed that some lStatus: On Hold: This discussion is temporarily on hold pending administrative review. This simply means there...
 
Large scale woodturning in the Netherlands
Just found this on the Internet: talking about turning big...... Gerard Sorry if this appears to be posted multiple times, but is doesn't appear on google groups, maybe until now.
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Box Elder?
Hello, My first post here. I have been reading here for awhile. Also other sites and the library. Bouoght my first lathe this winter (mini). I have turned a few things - tool handles etc. but no...
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Turning BIG in the Netherlands
For those of us who din't visit the site of Doornekamp: I hope you will like it! Gerard
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Open studio tour invitation
If anyone is vacationing in the Poconos the weekend of July 27, 28, 29 I'd like to invite you all to come to my studio as part of the Wayne County Arts Alliance Open Studio Tour 2007. I'll be...