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Ornamental Turning Equipment

Hi, I am a begineer in turning, just turned a small number of things untill now. Although I'm not at the level yet (and...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by meshel
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by meshel

A funny story

My wife sells a lot of my stuff at her workplace to co-workers, and as it's coming up to Christmas she's on a sales off...
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posted by notalun
20 comments posted 20yrs posted by notalun

Chess Men

Hi all: Any source of patterns for chess men turned on a lathe? My son wants to make some and I am looking for patterns....
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posted by rshelson
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by rshelson

Happy days

Finally got my wish. Now living in Lotus Land (Qualicum Beach), New 18' x 30' shop and 300 Vicmark. Now all I have to do...
3 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ralfn
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by ralfn

Woodcraft Pen Turning Class

I went to Franklin Tenn. Sunday and took a class on turning a cigar pen. Man, did I enjoy that class and had loads of f...
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posted by vdubbs
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by vdubbs

A question about steady rests

Here is a question that has been nagging at me for some time. It's kinda like that piece of popcorn stuck in your tooth...
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posted by sklar56
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by sklar56

Jet Mini belt adjustment door??

My sort of pet peeve with the mini is the access door for the lower belt pully...well, to be more specific, the latch f...
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posted by mac.davis
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by mac.davis

Tool Gloat: My new "old" lathe

Posted a pic in ABPW of my recent find, an older Rockwell Delta wood lathe..... (not a bad upgrade form my Craftsman) f...
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posted by immewhoru
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by immewhoru

Lots of hardwood...

I am moving house (based in the UK) , and I have in my garage quite of lot of really nice sawn timber that I need to di...
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posted by hj
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by hj

eBay 'sales'

I just did a search on eBay for "wooden bowls". How depressing! The prices being asked / bid wouldn't be enough to get...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by munged
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by munged

wet-looking finish

I have been end-turning beetle-kill pine recently, and soaking it in a combination of urethane, mineral oil, and linsee...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by bobthrelkeld
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by bobthrelkeld

Rookie Question

I'm sure you've heard it a hundred times, but what lathe should I buy. I'm pretty much stuck with a mini since I live i...
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posted by russ498
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by russ498

Turncrafter lathes

Anyone have any experience with these lathes? I found them at: Penn State Industries. They seem awfully fairly (cheaply...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by WTJordan
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by WTJordan