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Clueless wife

I need help! My husband has an old Delta Milwaukee bench lathe from the 1940s. The probl em is that the motor is too fa...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rlin40
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by rlin40

pinnacle c1

seems like a good price for this class of lathe but maybe a bit high http://olympic.craigslist.org/tls/5906718201.html n...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by electric-comet
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by electric-comet

nice oliver pattern maker lathe

http://olympic.craigslist.org/tls/5866139235.html have to admit i am unsure what the round housing is under the power sw...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by electric-comet
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by electric-comet

german made tools

was reading that china are spending serious amounts of money buying german companies they are paying prices double and...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by electric-comet
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by electric-comet

dowel turning

run to the store and buy a section of dowel or make scraps into dowels needed some foot long dowels and only needed sev...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by electric-comet
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by electric-comet

gouging sharpeners

some of the sharpening systems out there will seriously gouge your wallet the tormek is ridiculous for that price it sh...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by electric-comet
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by electric-comet

French Rolling pin

A friend asked me to contribute an item or items to her church fund raiser auction. I had a bowl that was not too bad a...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dangbert
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by dangbert

woodturning in cinema

old movies are fun even if they are not good just for the scenery and to see how things used to be and look and the old...
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posted by electric-comet
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by electric-comet

Rounding bowl Blanks

Ordinarily I use the bandsaw to cut round blanks for bowls, but large, heavy pieces I do with a small chain saw. I meas...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by gwr95
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by gwr95

drilling pencil lead on a lathe

ok he was not using a wood lathe but one could turn wood on this lathe if one wanted to he drilled a hole through a poi...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by electric-comet
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by electric-comet

Wet shear scraping

I was turning a bowl this afternoon from a piece of fruit wood (in the basement for >20 years and species unknown). I s...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by gstereo
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by gstereo

New (to me) lathe

I had a Jet 1442 for a number of years and, while it was a decent enough la the, it had some limitations I was finding...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by dangbert
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by dangbert

Re: Missing the good old days.

>> >I haven't been able to fathom out why Foolsbook has replaced so many >Usenet groups. Is it because malcontents can...
1 comments posted 10yrs
posted by drew
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by drew

Interesting things I've turned

I'm known for turning tops around my close family. Each one has its own personality, some spin fast and in one spot, ot...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com

Bowl Sanding Kits

Peachtree has a special on bowl sanding kits http://www.ptreeusa.com/edirect_102116_bowl_sanding.htm If you are needing...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by dangbert
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by dangbert