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Plum wood
I've turned a LOT of plum, mostly green.. It cracks, warps, deforms, etc... I love it.. *g* Plum has some brilliant colors and swirls in it and really turns nicely when green... turn it thin and it...
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Turn it or bin it?
Simple pleasures in life are getting harder to find so whatever turns (you on). Wayne
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Finishing
Some nay-sayers will say it's not water proof. I on the other hand have eaten hot soup out of a bowl finished with shellac. It suffered no ill consequences. I apply it on the lathe regularly. I wipe...
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Cliche Series - Next Installment
Posted a pair of pics of the next installment of my Cliche Series in with the same subject as this post. If you don't feel like changing news groups here's the url to a web page with the same photos -...
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Steebar
wrote in news: Tom, Thanks for the info. Hank
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Vaccuum systems
Jev, That was quite an article. Thanks, Kevin > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rodec/woodworking/articles/DC_myths.html#summary
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Hopefully, an unnecessary reminder for dummies like me.
It was time to make another thirty or so favors for Lori's Waves & Navy Nurses monthly luncheon. I chose to make small ring bowls and turned them from mahogany offcuts and burned a crude fouled anchor...
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Digital Protractor for Segmenting Turning
Can anyone suggest a brand and source of a good digital protractor for precise measuring of angles for segmented turning?
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Making your own calipers
Hey friends, Cheap calipers are at least 10 bucks each. Does anyone have plans/skills in making your own? Thanks S.
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A Plagiarized turner's lament. "I'm sick & tired of being copied".
Among woodturners these days there's a lot of wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth about stealing ideas from mother nature, antiquity and each other. We on rcw have remained relatively quiet, but...
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formula for turning speed?
Is there are formula or rough correlation for a starting (roughing down) speed as it relates to the diameter of the piece being turned? What do you use? I have a Jet 1442 (reeves) and if it means i...
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0.1-> 00.1-> 000.1-> 0.00. Are micrometers turning tools?
Numbers are important in woodturning, no doubt about it. Exs.: accurate and repeatable grinding angles, heights of finials and depths of feet, rules of thirds, and carets of the golden rule. No less...
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35 Free Woodturning Educational Articles and a Free Video Tips Library
Hello to the group, We have made numerous additions to our free woodturning educational libraries in recent months. If you have not stopped by recently, drop in and check out the latest articles and...
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electric chain saw safety
Last Saturday a local woodlot owners association had a meeting where an instructor from the Forest Industry Safety and Training Institute gave an abbreviated (but excellent) class on chain saw use...
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Demo Deception?
Demo Deception Perhaps "deception" isn't the right word - "misleading" is probably a better term. But Misleading Demo just doesn't have the flow of Demo Deception. Please excuse my taking Literate...
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