My attempt at an Oland tool

Lenny It looks good. What size is it?

The rod is 3/4 " x 18" with a 3/16" hss cutter. I have yet to make a handle for it but will eventually. Will probably make another one fitted with a 1/4" bit.

Next, I have to check out your website again as I freehanded this one but would benefit from the consistency gained by your suggestions in regard to sharpening jigs.

Thanks ! Lenny

Hi Lenny

I tried to have a look, but am unable to get to it, Rogers has decided in cahoots with Yahoo to deny us access to most newsgroups, even if that was included with the contract. Even with this group I have to go through Google to get here. Them being unable to bombard us with advertising is probably a sore point to them. If you and anyone else has a way to post pictures on an website other than the news groops, that would bypass their attempt to shackle us to their boards and ads.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Thanks Lenny, the picture makes more sense now. I use a lighter shaft, 1/2", on the 3/16" tools and a 5/8" shaft on the 1/4". I think it lets me get a bit closer for cuts inside a bowl. The first thing I do for an edge is to use a rough grind stone to give a 45* angle and then use the fine stone to refine the edge and round it a touch. I use jigs for the latter but free hand is not hard.

To be honest, I had planned for this one to get the 1/4" bit but I was so anxious to try it out that once I got it drilled enough that the

3/16" bit would fit I stopped. I do have a 5/8" shaft waiting in the wings. When I get another chance perhaps I'll prepare that one for the smaller bit and redrill this one for the 1/4".

Lenny

Leo, I just want to take this chance to thank you for your many posts and website info that I have been looking over the last several weeks. Like George and Darrell and Mac and so many others here, you have been a wealth of helpful, informative resources for turning information.

I have added a page here that hopefully you'll be able to see:

Lenny

YES Thanks Lenny

Good sharp pictures, nice job to, what kind of steel shaft is it ?? looks very shiny. Yes Darrell has a wonderful website with info and not just for the "newbees", I have been there many times, down to earth info,no bs and pushing some fancy high priced "new tool, gadget" like others, just help yourself info. I made a boring bar couple of years ago, after a article that I saw in fine woodworking, I used a 1" square steel property stake, that was taken out by a dozer as they were widening a nearby road. I sawed out a slice and then clamped a 3/8" tool bit in there, with 2 bolts, and just out to one side,so as to try to control the amount of wood the tool cuts. I really have to watch it or it will hog so much that either I can not control it, or it will tear the turning right out of the chuck. The lesson is next one I make, the bit is going to be smaller, so I will be able to better control it, making it bigger is not always better.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Hi Chuck Yes I know Chuck However I am all for freedom of expression, and that is what I like about this rcw group. You saw I'm sure the latest rucus in the news, and I do not want to go in to this here it's not the place for that, however there are powers out there that want to control what you read see and say, where and when and how, etc. Just go an Email of a lurker that is unable to post here, only read, and there are probably many more, we just don,t know how many just got knocked off by the latest one from Rogers and Yahoo. However Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

There is always the WoW (World of Woodturners) site, which interested parties may be invited to for the asking.

Leo:

Don't despair. I am not sure what rucus you refer to, but try this for your web image needs:

I know some have used the Easy2Upload with sucess, and it has a link there. Missing from that list was

and

The last two are being used a LOT by folks on other NGs and forums and they seem pretty happy with them. I know Flikr was just acaquired by Photbucket, but they still seem to make their services as stand alones, even though in some cases they are cross linked.

Sorry to hear about your problems with your ISP, but this may make a nice workaround for you. I had the same problems for years when I had AOL, and those weasels finally relented and made it so you could read and post from their service. However, I left soon after. I just kept the old address and post through Google.

Let me know if you need some editing software and I will post some links. There is some really neat free stuff floating around these days.

Robert

Hi Robert Thanks for the site addresses, but I think I did not explain my problem well. I do have a website at .Mac (Apple) and have my picture albums there, also a gig for keeping backups safe etc., no problems there. The problem I have is not being able to contact or get to any web address that starts with "news". So if anyone puts up something on any of those sites, be it pictures or messages, I can not get to it.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

OK, Leo. I got it now.

I have Yahoo DSL, and have had it for a couple of years. I like the service a lot, but the newsreader is so hard to set up it isn't worth it. It ticks me off as it is supposed to be part of the service, but when I called for tech support they automatically send you to the Phillipines for help. And while those young ladies are charming and polite as can be, they don't have a remote clue of how to set up the service.

Like you, I wish I could see more of other's work. But until I feel the need to spend a few MORE hours straightening that out, I wil just have to hope it more of the pics are posted to a free hosting service.

Robert

Hello Robert and others,

I too became very unhappy with the newsreaders that were available. Several years ago, I was introduced to a service in which you read the news groups in your web browser. Originally, it was a free service, but it changed hands and became a pay service. The price still isn't that high and the reading is so much better than the newsreaders that I feel it is worth it. I use and highly recommend them. You still don't get photographs, because rec.crafts.woodturning is a text only newsgroup.

If you want to see others work, WoodCentral has a message board for woodturning that has a lot of photos and much greater activity than rec.crafts.woodturning. Another possibility is to get recommended to WOW, there are more pictures there than most have time to view.

Fred Holder

Lenny... that's (hopefully) why we're here... (but your welcome and thanks for mentioning me in the ranks of Leo, George & Darrell!) Mac

newsreaders are easy to replace. By definition, they all use the same protocol when they connect to the news server. If one gives you problems, use another.

The news SERVER is different. My ISP provides one for me as part of the service. If I don't like that one, I can buy service elsewhere, or find a free service elsewhere.

If your server provides the binary newsgroups, you are all set.

Try this:

Dan

What is wrong with this ?

Uses your browser and you can read and post to any newsnet group

I am on cable and the cable company Rogers, and Yahoo have started a service for which users have to pay extra and they make it impossible (try to) to use the newsgroups, where they are not allowed to put all their advertising in. It is not so that things are free, I have to pay more than $100.- every

2 months, and to ad too that they increased the monthly cost while they dropped the newsgroup service, witch was "free" and included in the agreement. Yes I still am able to get to the wood turners group through Google, but I don't like it .

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Thanks Pete I have signed up, we'll see how this works. Have fun and take care LeoVan Der Loo