Woodturning Crafts

Restored Craftsman lathe, with pictures

Around last August I posted here looking for information about a battered old 70's-era Craftsman wood lathe that a frie...

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posted by Tom-NOSPAM-

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Re: NOVA 3000 Headstock Vibration

> The headstock on my Nova 3000 has some give in it that causes it to > move slightly when turning mid to larger sized...

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posted by vestedjoe4161

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"GENERAL Wood Lathe

I have been using a General 260 for 15 years and find it to be very good. B ut, in the last few months have had problem...

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posted by artisticwoodturning

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Yandles show

Thought the American on the Lie Neilson stand was very good ,but something seemed to be missing overall this year. Perh...

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posted by charleswhite

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Woodworking Shows in Saratoga Springs!

It's this coming weekend! The annual Northeastern Woodworkers Association's Woodworkers Showcase will be held March 29t...

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posted by nospam.grossboj

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Another feast or famine

When I first got addicted to turning I scrounged around for wood to turn. Now it turns up in my yard. A friend had a sw...

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posted by gwr95

10 comments posted 12yrs posted by gwr95

Up-cut, down-cut

When the router bit manufacturers refers to a spiral-cut router bit as up-cut or down-cut, are they consistently speaki...

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posted by Tom-NOSPAM-

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Bandsaw speed

I have a Griz 14" bandsaw with riser. Nearly all I do is cut out bowl blanks from green, wet wood, average thickness 5-...

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posted by gwr95

4 comments posted 12yrs posted by gwr95

Wooden Christmas Tree

Subject: Wooden Christmas Tree Not necessarily in the region mentioned below.Some of the best woodcarver schools and ca...

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posted by mgib

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battery

Does anyone have a dead Airshield Pro battery pack that yo don't want? I want to try taking it apart and see if I can r...

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posted by dklb

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Seasoning timber.

This is a topic I know nothing about. A friend of mine had a cherry tree chopped down and offered me some pieces of it....

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posted by Spambin

10 comments posted 12yrs posted by Spambin

Gloves for turning

I got tired of purple hands while roughing out black walnut blanks. I found that HF nitrile gloves are the answer. Grip...

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posted by gwr95

8 comments posted 12yrs posted by gwr95

How big a steb center?

What would be a general rule of thumb for the size of a steb center, compared to the diameter of the spindle you're tur...

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posted by Tom-NOSPAM-

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Woodworking Shows in Saratoga Springs!

Save the dates! The annual Northeastern Woodworkers Association's Woodworkers Showcase will be held March 29th and 30th...

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posted by nospam.grossboj

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vacuum pumps for your vacuum chuck, anyone?

I just (finally) was able to find some decent dual piston wobble pumps - this is the kind I like for wood turning - the...

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posted by bubba

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