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Removing friction polish from eyeglasses......
I did the silly procedure of turning on my lathe while there was still a good amount of wet friction polish on my piece. Of course, I was standing right in front of the piece, and the force made some...
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17 years ago
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displaying large bowls
i am interested to hear from those of you who make large (16"-26" roughly) bowls or platters and how you display them in any great quantity in the small areas you are given at small craft fairs...
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17 years ago
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Slightly O.T. Green wood sealer for live trees?
I have some green wood sealer distributed by Choice Woods in Lousiville KY. I have a renter who trimmed some bradford pear trees quite a bit (2-3") branches. I havn't cut them that much this late in...
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17 years ago
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Ping: William B. Noble
Hello, I was just taking a look at your website and contemplating getting a faceplate for my outboard, when I noticed that you have "clocks" under your hobby section. So perhaps you're the guy who...
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17 years ago
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Musing why we are mum about Maxi's (long & strained)
There are many reasons why we post so seldom about maxi lathes and so often about minies & midis. The little ones are affordable and preferable for beginners and beginners post many questions that...
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17 years ago
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Thread Adapter
Hi Carole, A while back we talked about an adapter to go from 1-1/4" x 8 thread (DVR) to 1" x 8 thread Jet and Delta Mini/Midi lathes. Penn State never got these in stock and I've pretty much...
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17 years ago
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baseball bats.....
How are the ends cupped on bats?
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17 years ago
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Tagua Nut Advice Sought
Hi, I am not quite even a novice turner. I've bought a lathe, had one lesson, and I'm playing. I've successfully made a couple of very small vases, 1-2" tall. Now I'm trying to work with a tagua nut...
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17 years ago
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adapter - scroll chuck to shopsmith
Does anyone make an adaper to mount a scroll chuck on a Shopsmith? I was told that the Shopsmith uses a 5/8" unthreaded shaft to which you attach a face plate. I thought that a version of a spindle...
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17 years ago
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robert sorby stebcentre a must have!!
hi to all, first i must say thanks to all replyed to my earlyer posting about tool sharpening and i am currently looking into buying a robert sorby grinding jig. i have just bought a sorby 7/8"...
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17 years ago
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Powder post beetle treatment?
What is a good treatment to kill infested wood? I want to make sure the bugs don't get into my stash when I take this wood into the shop to turn. Dan
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17 years ago
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Praise for Delta
When a company does you right you want to tell others. I have a 14" lathe and Delta fixed it once under the 2yr warrenty with no problem. Warrenty ran out a couple months ago but they still sent me a...
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17 years ago
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Honest opinion of Jet 1642 EVS
Planning to upgrade my lathe in the near future and looking for honest = opinions on the Jet 1642 EVS. Is this a good lathe or should I opt for another machine? Need to keep = it under 2K. Thanks for...
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17 years ago
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How do they make this vise?
There are several versions of this vise on the web and it looks like a good idea, but I can't quite grasp HOW it works.. The basic idea is to put a piece of stock in the jaws and as you turn the...
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17 years ago
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Musing re big holes & ugly plugs; tiny openings & tasteful collars.
Before the advent of special tools and elaborate devices for hollowing large vessels thru small orifices we made 'hollow forms' altho they weren't called by that name. We hollowed the piece thru a...
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17 years ago
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