Stop Me Before I Turn Again!

With a wife, I never have to worry about losing contact with reality and my obligations.

=====>A nostrum that may be worse than the disease! *G*

Leif

welcome to the addiction, Charlie... I had a pretty goo shop set up, even being limited to a 2 car garage...

pretty practical layout with room for bench, RAS, CMS, shopsmith, sander, grinders, router table, etc... then I got back into turning, and it took over the shop! For the last 8 months, every flat surface has something on it related to turning.. blanks, stuff waiting for finish or buffing, (wife's department), bags with stuff drying, stuff that's done but not waxed or whatever, things that are done but waiting for a bigger cabinet to be stored in...

I couldn't do flat work right now if I wanted to, unless I used someone else's shop...

Oh.. and a bit of space taken up by the bigger lathe we "had" to get, and of course a bandsaw that we needed for turning.... and the buffing system that my wife set up on the router table.. lol

mac

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=============================== Charlie, You may as well sell all the "flat work" tools that you can't use in turning. You'll need the extra money to buy all the new turning equipment and tools you don't even know you need yet!

Ken Moon Webberville, TX.

A distinct idea, but I'm proof that you can be addicted to planes as well. Sort of a linear lathe. %-)

Dave in Fairfax

You gotta do what I did, and separate the two- the office in my basement became the lathe room, and the shop was reclaimed for flat work. Good for chip containment, and added about 120 total sq ft of shop space. Had to put the dining room table in the kitchen (to replace the deposed office), but I like it there better anyhow.

Or if you're brave enough to master it, the plane will make a pretty good skew.

Ken Moon Webberville, TX.

Do NOT try that, yup I got terminally stupid with a #4. It seemed liek it was working REALLY well for almost a moment, then I had the most impressive catch I've ever enjoyed. %-) Luckliy it was a crappy #4, but it totaled my toolrest. Planes aren't built for 1000rpm work. YMMV but prolly not.

Dave in Fairfax

Those of us who have used planes for smoothing columns on a lathe had better sense than to run so fast. No so much for the mechanics of it, but because the blade wasn't made for the heat.

Actually, it wasn't a sense issue. 1000rpm is as slow as the lathe goes. Since it has to live under a tarp in the backyard, I'm loath to put an expensive one out there and have the mice, bugs and weather play with it. When I get to retire, we'll get out toward WA state and pick up some land trees and a house with an out building. At that point I'll be able to use bigger and better tools, but here in the National Capitol Area, I don't have room to swing a pushstick. %-) 3 BR townhouses start at $400K, if you can find them.

Dave in Fairfax

they only work well in spindle turning, though...

mac

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My problem is that since I work at home, I do have an office, but every corner and shelf that I didn't need is crammed with the stuff that was in the way in the shop... what I really need, but the city won't allow, is a 2 car gar. size covered patio/screen room off the shop to move all the turning stuff into..

I guess we'll have to wait a few years, until the house in Baja is finished, until we really have shop space.. (and a 65' carport next to it to overflow into)

mac

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