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R.I.P.

Tonight, with the screech of fried bearings, and a puff of smoke, my $29.95 close quater drill died. The shaft coming o...
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posted by reedgray
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Tormek

Just back from the Ottawa Wood Show. As usual the turners had an exhibition of their work and I continue to wonder if I...
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posted by wgooch
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Help .. Wood burning/pyrography

Good Day All My wife wants to try pyrography on some of my wood bowls. With christmas coming I thought a burner would b...
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posted by rdeforge
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Purple stain on Yew

Just turned a beautiful piece of Yew that has a little swirly purple stain in an area around a knot in the white sapwoo...
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posted by notalun
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Making lamps

I looking for ideas and plans to make oil and electric lamps. TIA begin 666 Denis.vcf M0D5'24XZ5D-!4D0-"E9%4E-)3TXZ,BXQ#...
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posted by marierdj
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new page on the web site

I just added a page on the web site about making a screw chuck.
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posted by darrellfeltmate
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Turncrafter Pro lathe

Does anyone have experience with the Turncrafter Pro lathe from Penn State Ind.? The price is interesting, but how about...
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posted by freds
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Video Platter Turning?

Anyone know of a good video or CD showing how to turn platters?
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posted by curleyh
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Can you make a profit?

Well, Can you make a profit turning? I'm 50 YOA and retired from a Government job so I don't have to worry about puttin...
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posted by russ498
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by russ498

Question about applying shellac

Hello I fold up old cotton socks (washed and rinsed a couple times) to apply shellac on my bowls. They have proven to b...
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posted by sklar56
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by sklar56

My first attempt with 3 phase

I hope to bring and old Rockwell lathe back to life this weekend. The lathe is a Rockwell Delta 46-450 1HP 3phase monst...
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posted by rcox
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by rcox

Problem with Centers of Solid Segmented Rings

Hello, I am setting up and testing for a solid layer on the base of a segmented turning. I have not done this before, a...
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posted by GregG
20 comments posted 20yrs posted by GregG

Nova Lathe group buy

Charles, over at WoodChips (http://www.woodchipshome.com/) is doing a group buy of Nova DVR-XP lathes. These are direct...
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posted by n7bsn
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Rockwell Delta model 46-525 manual

Does anyone have a manual for this lathe? I have put in a request to Delta and I'm keeping my fingers crossed ....but .....
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posted by immewhoru
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by immewhoru

Turning Tips Server for your websites

Hi everybody, I just wanted to stop in and let everyone know about a new little website tool to help streamline parts o...
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posted by ahilton30
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by ahilton30