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Chuck and Morse taper question

I recently bought a Jacobs chuck and a Morse Taper for my lathe. I think I'm missing a step somewhere. When I mount it...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by romsec
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by romsec

Woodturning Supplies

I may have to go through Albany NY in the next couple of days and I was wondering if there is a store there that carries...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mike
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by mike

Turn wet, dry, or what?

I bought three half log cherry burls at an auction. The logs were cut in half and the ends were somewhat coated but not...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Toller
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by Toller

First In My Cliche Series

Turning the Spinarettes and then The Pegs gave me a pretty good handle on turning small. So I turned some dropplets and...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by charlieb
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by charlieb

fa: anyone need a shopsmith tailstock

friend asked me to dispose of this for him, he says it's a shopsmith tailstock - I know some of you folks use shopsmith...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by nobody

Is Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde wood common?

I cut up a piece of crab apple; the main trunk just before it split into 4 trunks. One half is very light and porous; I...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Toller
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by Toller

best chain saw chain?

I'm a chain saw illiterate and have a hard time when cutting the pith area out of green bowl blanks (2 cuts down throug...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jwarling
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by jwarling

Far side of the pond

I'm headed to Ireland in a few weeks ... roughly for the week following Sept. 13. Are there any 'far-siders' on the lis...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by billnot
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by billnot

OT dogs and saddness

Today we have to put our 8yr old Rotweiller down. She's had lymphoma sarcoma cancer and this is the end of the line. Sh...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tomnie
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by tomnie

Pen display / gift boxes source needed

Recently, in one of my many, many, catalogs I saw a pen gift box that held either two pens in parallel or one at an ang...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by billnot
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by billnot

Photos of bowl turned from bamboo strips

During my monthly rounds to the thrift stores I came across an interesting kitchen cutting board -- made entirely from...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kvaughn65
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by kvaughn65

How do I turn bedposts longer than my lathe?

I've got a lathe that can hold about 35" with the live centre, but I want to turn bedposts 36" and 48" long. Obviously...
27 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nospam
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam

M.O.A.L. - Mother Of All Lathes

The name was given just before The Second Gulf War , when Saddam was ranting about The Mother Of All Wars, by someone i...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by charlieb
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by charlieb