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shop smiths
i see a lot of shop smiths on craigslist they must have sold well and the pitch was working but i always thought they just were not up to par anyone have one or used one maybe they are adequate in the...
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can you make out the brand
just cannot see the label clearly enough anyone know that label
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rpm for sanding
usually set to lower rpms for the sanding but i am wondering if it matters much was lazy and turning some spindles and sanded at spindle turning speed and did not see much difference
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Banksia
I've just "finished" a bowl in Banksia wood, presumably B. menziesii - not the seed pod that most turners know. The piece was a bitch to turn and I couldn't get rid of tear outs on the inside. Coarse...
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the wood won by ko
was turning a exceptionally hard piece and making a small bowl the wood won one round my gouge lost one round and is now about an inch shorter it was a long gouge to start with so it just has a little...
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flat bottom forstner bits
saw flat bottom forstner bits advertised and first thing i thought of was all forstner bits are flat bottom but i wonder if that is true
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To you woodworking magazine hoarders out there
I accidentally tossed out a woodworking magazine I'd long been saving, that contained an article about a hanging tool cabinet that I have been intending to build to mount over my workbench. I'm...
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lathe or firewood maker
been a few times that i called my lathe firewood maker at first glance this looked like a lathe but it is a firewood maker
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maybe a diesel powered lathe
looks like an exhaust pointing up in the 2nd pic maybe diesel powers the cutting head and it looks like an electric motor moves it down the bedway
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vega with duplicator
did not know of this make but no surprise since i know little about the different lathe makes out there this seems like a real workhorse it is labeled as a turning and spinning lathe so i guess it...
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another lathe type i have never seen
well it is timely if nothing else
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20-36 revo lathe with vfd
good deal on a demo 20-36 revo lathe with vfd some other decent deals for their march madness sale
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free A Course In Woodturning published 1919
multiple formats and fun to read still good info in there and if you do buy one of those old lathes on craigslist with the big belts this book will help you get is set up right
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Phase 2, what a difference good tools make
I started turning several years ago, back when this group still had lots of regular (even daily) traffic. My main focus was bowl turning with free (tree cutter) wood. With a Jet 1014, no bandsaw, and...
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Turning Tool advice
Hello Group, My apologies. I used to follow this group, but I thought it folded. On a whim, I look today and I'm glad to see it's still alive. Perhaps you can h elp me with a turning tool question. I...
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