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Mobile (as in Alexander Calder Mobile) Turned Lidded Box Pics in a.b.p.w.
4 posts to about the piece I talked about in an earlier post David Ellsworth - meet Alexander Calder. Provides shots of the piece and some diagrams about why it works the way it does. charlie b
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Buying Wood
Has anyone gotten their wood blanks from e-bay sellers and if so are these reliable sources or just people selling scraps
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Vacuum chuck gasket
In the last two weeks I saw a 12 x12 sheet of gasket material in some woodworking catalog, but now I cannot find it anywhere. Anyone remember seeing such stuff? This has been a senior day.
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Close One
Hi I was just turning a old piece of wood, looking for the diamond in th rough trying to turn it into a bowl. I had rough shaped the outside with two smallish holes to add some character. I then...
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Help, I'm turning green
Hello, I've been watching the Del Stubbs video, and it it, he turns green bowls from firewood to finished bowl in one go. How does one do this without having cracks, etc? He just puts them on the...
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Sanding discs
Thanks to a post on WC, I got some new sanding discs that I think are great. This isn't an add, just me sharing what I think performs better than any others that I have used. Check out...
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Woodturning video (2)
Following my request for advices regarding woodturning videos, I got various replies regarding Bill Grumbine one: "Turned Bowls made easy". I therefore ordered it, and watched it yersteday :-) Thanks...
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A visit to Edmonton
I will be attending a conference in Edmonton Alberta in early November. Are there any woodturning stores in the immediate area? I stress immediate area as I will have no personal transportation...
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David Ellsworth - meet Alexander Calder (long)
I'm sure you know who David Ellsworth is. Alexander Calder may not be quite as familiar. Calder invented the Mobile for The Art World - you know, the things that hang from the ceiling with all the...
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Very OT A bad first experience with buying in cyberspace. :(
Recently I needed to print some personal WebTv email. Parallel printers are hard to find so against my better judgement, I ordered a rebuilt HP692c from 'High Tech Office', a mom & pop company in East...
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Playing with texturing tool
Started using my home made texturing tool as described by Darrell Feltmate. Pictures on ABPW. The bowls are Bradford Pear. It is a hard wood, fine grained with little grain character. I finished the...
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Attempted fraud using The Daniel Collection as the introduction
Jennifer Shirley has alerted me to an email she, and apparently other turners, have received purporting to come from my site and offering to buy work. If anyone has received this email - please note...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Just a wish for a good day to our Canadian friends.. Mac
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Dust extractor use
I've just brought a dust extractor and i'm asking at what point yo start using it. I.e right from the minute the blank it mounted on th lathe, roughing out, final cuts or just for sanding. Mar
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Pin-chuck question
How much wood should a pin-chuck chuck ? I recently acquired a pin-chuck by mail order. I had intended to use it on pieces of green stock of fairly small sizes, but the part that goes into the wood...
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