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Help with flattening segmented rings

I made a 12" disc with sandpaper on it and attached it to the front of the lathe. How can I get the rings flat and the...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by tdup2nospam
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by tdup2nospam

New Chuck

I have turned for years with just glue blocks and face plates. I have achieved good results but have reached the point...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by vince.waynee
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by vince.waynee

what to do with a cut down tree?

My friends had some tree work done and have a few large pieces of wood that they saved aside for me (I JUST took up tur...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by toddclare
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by toddclare

More Woodturning a Change Coming

Beginning with the June 2005 issue More Woodturning will change to magazine format. The new page image size will be 8.3...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Fred.Holder
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by Fred.Holder

Book Gloat

Hi, Here in Texas, we have a bookstore chain called "Half Priced Books". They are a used and overstocked book seller at...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by kenglyn
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by kenglyn

What is turning?

Just got to wondering after reading some of the posts what turning was and what is it really about? Answers on a postcar...
19 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Mark
19 comments posted 21yrs posted by Mark

Turned porch posts

After six years the posts on our front porch need to go. Several are rotting and the rest are coming apart where the su...
12 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rwiegand
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by rwiegand

How to make a tool rest?

I have aquired a craftsman 12" lathe that is very shiny and fixing to be mounted to it's' new base. It was amde in 1974...
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by newbee000
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by newbee000

Not a musing but a wondering

I certainly do not wish to enter into the arena of musing Arch has so painstakingly planted and nourished. A good bit o...
16 comments posted 21yrs
posted by sklar56
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by sklar56

How to sharpen Sorby Beading Tool

I've been using a 1000 grit slip stone with poor results. Maybe it's my technique. What's the best way to sharpen the be...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bob.kline
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by bob.kline

White Elm

I have an offer for some free white elm (canadian & green wood). Any comments of the wood with turning in mind. Easy? Di...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pbesharah
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by pbesharah

home made lathe tools

I am new to turning and i REALLY enjoy it. I am noticing the scrapers that use interchangeable tips. I was wondering if...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bob
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by bob

new lathe

It's spring time and that's when a young man's fancy turns to...a new lathe! What about he Nova DVR 3000? I turn bowls...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by LBledsoe
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by LBledsoe

My Next Gouge

This is almost in the same category as my Serious Tools 1" bowl gouge. Now that I own some "big iron," or at least medi...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by george
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by george