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The Pointy Stick Compendium Project

I don't think I've posted this url to this group - but it seems a natural place to solicite contributions - not the ori...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by charlieb
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by charlieb

Looking for Morse taper/1-8 adapter

This is so simple that no one seems to sell it! I want to be able to screw my Talon chuck onto the tail stock... seems...
9 comments posted 20yrs
posted by mac.davis
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by mac.davis

Oneway flat jaws- how useful

Hi, I find that one of the real challenges of woodturning apart from the dreaded catch is how to hold things. I have be...
11 comments posted 20yrs
posted by NoMail
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by NoMail

Materials for casting

Hello All, I did a demonstration of making the Chinese Ball at the Seattle Chapter of AAW recently. The demonstration w...
14 comments posted 20yrs
posted by Fred.Holder
14 comments posted 20yrs posted by Fred.Holder

The $29.95 angle drill continued

If you have followed for a while, I got a cheap Sioux/Milwaukee angle drill clone last fall. I did an abuse test on it...
27 comments posted 20yrs
posted by reedgray
27 comments posted 20yrs posted by reedgray

Reeve's Drive slipping

Hello all, I'm in the middle of turning a big maple bowl, and being constantly irritated with my VS drive. As I'm turni...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by noneofyer
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by noneofyer

Thanks Brian Clifford

Apropos recent rcw threads re drying wood, I just read Brian Clifford's cogent and practical article re "How dry is my...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by almcc
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by almcc

Drill guide

I have a problem drilling the hole for a woodworm screw perpendicular to the blank, causing the blank to wobble. To hel...
9 comments posted 20yrs
posted by gwader
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by gwader

Jet mini opinions: VS or not?

I'm helping my brother get back into turning and he's pretty sure that the Jet mini is what he wants... His problem is...
53 comments posted 20yrs
posted by mac.davis
53 comments posted 20yrs posted by mac.davis

Oklahoma Turners?

I am retiring from the Navy in September and want to reach any western Ok turners in the area of Sayre Ok. Only 1 in AA...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jkdungan
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by jkdungan

Sharpening a roundnose scraper backwards

Has anyone attempted to sharpen a scraper in the reverse direction, in order to raise a burr? Walter H. Klaus
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by wklaus
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by wklaus

Info on Myford ML 8 wanted

Good day, Years ago I was making scrimshawed powder horns for use in black powder/muzzle-loading. I wanted a way to mak...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jacj
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by jacj

DVD

Hi all I am new to woodturning i am looking for all the help i can get anyone got any old videos or dvds on woodturning...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by james.williams1
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by james.williams1

Lathe Motor Capacitor

I have a Jet Mini Lathe JML-1014 that the motor capacitor has gone out on. Jet wants over $30 for it including shipping...
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by mkele
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by mkele