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If It Weren't For Christmas (Birthdays, Weddings, etc.)
Charlie, I took my very first bowl to a club meeting for an instant gallery. I just wanted to get feedback immediately in order to improve. In between meetings, I went to club member's homes to get...
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Idea Worth Exploring - Grain Compressing/Uncompressing - embossing
Frank Klausz, a well known old world trained furniture maker, does a demonstration whose underlying concept may have a potentially interesting application for creating design elements on turnings. The...
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fa: cheap right angle drive for electric drill
this would be useful for power sanding, I think - it's an attachment for your 1/4 inch drill that gives it a right angle capability - looks like it will go cheaply - certainly a lot cheaper than a...
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Conover lathe - For Sale
I am selling my Conover lathe. It was purchased as the Master Turner Package and has the Leeson 1 1/2 HP DC variable speed motor. It has the cast iron leg set and comes with almost every accessory...
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Bathroom humor is not for everyone ....,
.... but just to lighten the rest of us up (or down) a bit, here's an item that's easy to make and fun for we cognitively deprived. It's probably not art, but this little 'stool sample' will put the...
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lathe belt trouble?
Ok, I know it may not have been the smartest thing, but I have a central machines (harbor freights) 3/4 hp lathe. I've enjoyed learning on it, but now I have a little trouble, or at least I hope it's...
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Sanding Cherry Bowls
I am turning some bowls of cherry, and trying to sand to get a good finish. One thing that is frustrating, is that there are always some areas that just don't seem to sand out well. In fact, sometimes...
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A sort of major gloat...
Hi guys, Well, my never-ending quest for increased self-sufficiency regarding my tools got a really big shot in the arm today. I was talking with one of the guys I work with a couple of days ago about...
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A LITTLE CHALLENGE FOR YOU
Hi All I just posted a couple of pictures of my latest pens on ABPW, not very good pictures, but oh well. The challenge is What type of wood did I use in the first photo? I will tell you that it is...
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Too much waste
After I finish a bowl there is a huge pile of shavings...they work great as mulch on the floor of my small hobby greenhouse, but I have more mulch than I have greenhouse. So I think I need a bowl...
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Musing about improving nature's art. An unctuous waste of bandwidth?
Experts, Tyros and the great In Between: Woodturning is my hobby and this is a woodturning ng, but is there not a flip side to consider? Why do I feel compelled to improve on the beauty of found...
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Mixed emotions
I was futzen' around today and ran into a snag or two. Since I can't post pictures here I parked some pics & thoughts at this temprary URL: Cheers, Bart. - **botox treatments: taxidermy on the...
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Blowing out the motor - new lathe?
Last week my lathe wouldn't fire up anymore, it just groaned and I couldn't jump start it by spinning the sanding disk I had mounted on it. I've been using it mainly for sanding these days. I...
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Cole Jaws
Hi I finally recieved my cole jaws for the supernova 2 chuck. My questio to you all is; do you keep them on and then mount the normal jaws ont the cole jaws or take em off after use. I ask this as...
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OK - I Got A Chainsaw - Now What?
Because I got a bandsaw I figured if I got a chainsaw I could score a bunch of free semi-logs/ logettea / mini-logs I could slice up into future small box stock or maybe into some thick veneer. Did...
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