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Apple

How is apple to turn? I just got a large trunk that somebody threw out by the curb. Didn't want to see it wasted before...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by sherfey4
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by sherfey4

Nice Pics of Woodturners

Just went to the AAW forum, saw a post about a new website for Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild, went just to see an...
16 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rthniles
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by rthniles

Anyone Try Inside-Out Bottle Stopper?

This is something I've wanted to try, seems like it'd be a real challenge, just wondering if I could do it small enough...
23 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rthniles
23 comments posted 21yrs posted by rthniles

Suggestions for cutting this log

Hi All, I am looking for some suggestions from you experienced green wood turners on how to best cut this log and maxim...
12 comments posted 21yrs
posted by crater
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by crater

Self-loading buck horse... is this design feasible?

In a recent chat I was given the idea for a simple "self-loading" bucking horse. I use a small, ground-level saw buck a...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by amcardle60
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by amcardle60

Off Topic - glass repair

My boss has a square glass box with a glass lid. Somehow the lid was broken. The break was clean. He would like some su...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by sklar56
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by sklar56

Wood bending for canes?

I've been researching on the web, but now I'm looking for anyone with practical experience... A friend asked if I could...
20 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mac.davis
20 comments posted 21yrs posted by mac.davis

Bowl bottom thickness gauge

Before hollowing the bottom of a bowl I estimate the thickness before putting it on the Cole jaws. Later I forget how m...
9 comments posted 21yrs
posted by gwader
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by gwader

Gatlinburg Area Wood Turners

Joyce and I are taking a week's vacation in Gatlinburg next week. We are leaving this Friday, July 24, after work and w...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by barry712
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by barry712

Anyone use Ipe?

Am turning several mallet heads for a fellow using Ipe. Boy this stuff is really dense. Only sharp tools do the job, bu...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by 66..bobhewson
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by 66..bobhewson

My lathe's spindle is too long for my new chuck

I just purchased Teknatool's Nova Midi Chuck to go on my Harbor Freight lathe (HF 34706). My problem I'm having is that...
19 comments posted 21yrs
posted by cameronpoole
19 comments posted 21yrs posted by cameronpoole

Tool Steel

I am look for "high speed steel" that I could make bowl gouges from. I have found several people that sell "unhandled"...
22 comments posted 21yrs
posted by hinote
22 comments posted 21yrs posted by hinote

Ping Bill Gumbine

Hey Bill, I was playing your DVD for my daughter, my Old Man and I had just finished watching Klaus' dovetail film. I'v...
65 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dave
65 comments posted 21yrs posted by dave

Man Versus Nature

Ok, I keep urinal cake (naphtha) in my garbage can so the bears won't carry the bags away to dine in the woods, never l...
20 comments posted 21yrs
posted by george
20 comments posted 21yrs posted by george

Advice on inlay... Corian? (and a bonus waffle)

It has been an expensive day and I don't want to ruin what I have to show for it... In a reply yesterday about one of m...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by amcardle60
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by amcardle60