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Tool post holder for Jet Mini (photos)

One of the features of my Atlas metal lathe that I have come to depend on for certain woodturning operations is the com...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by kvaughn65
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by kvaughn65

Free sanding pads?

On a service call tonight (commercial refrigeration) had to move 30 old boxes of floor buffing pads to reach the refrig...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by lyndell2
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by lyndell2

Discussion on beeswax

It will be the first time that I will make my own paste beeswax polish. From what I have heard it is a 5 to 1 ratio. Th...
12 comments posted 21yrs
posted by marierdj
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by marierdj

Stuck 2-3 Morse taper adapter

I have a 2-3 Morse taper adapter stuck onto a #2 Jacobs chuck taper. I tried tapping a Morse taper wedge into the side...
21 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nobody
21 comments posted 21yrs posted by nobody

Vacuum Pump Help Needed

Hi All I have recently purchased an Edwards ED50 Speedivac Hi Vacuum Pump for use with Vacuum kiln and Vacuum chuck. I...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by d.faux
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by d.faux

dry time after pentacryl

After soaking a piece of green wood in pentacryl for 24 hours that is turned to approx shape, how long to dry before fi...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by moyolawn
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by moyolawn

Club Activities/finaces

My local woodturning club (Mackay Australia) has held meetings on a Wednesday night for a year or so now. A couple of e...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mickandsteff
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by mickandsteff

ELI AVISERA DEMO - 1st March Daventry

The Tudor Rose Woodturners are having a day's demonstration with Eli Avisera for a full day on Tuesday 1st March 2005 a...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by paulloseby
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by paulloseby

Jacobs Chuck Search

Hi all: I have a Rockwell Beaver 3400 36 inch Lathe. It has a 7/8 14 THD S.A.E. STD thread in the headstock and I am lo...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rshelson
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by rshelson

Tailstock-Heardstock allignment / cast iron bed

I have read in several posts that cast iron beds can twist if the lathe is not correctly "set up" in a level and "true"...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by alancLEAVEOUT
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by alancLEAVEOUT

Securing the lathe to the floor

My General has feet with holes to secure the lathe to the floor. I have heard that this can cause problems with the bea...
18 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ron
18 comments posted 21yrs posted by ron

All bandsaw blades are not created equal..

Well, it took almost a week, but I managed to screw up my 1st bandsaw blade.. Made a stupid mistake and tried to cut so...
14 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mac.davis
14 comments posted 21yrs posted by mac.davis

King Canada KWL-1016C Any opinions on this lathe?

I was thinking about this lathe. Has anyone tried it and got a report on it they would share? The King KWL-1016C http:/...
27 comments posted 21yrs
posted by notmeNO
27 comments posted 21yrs posted by notmeNO

Wattle suitable fot turning

Hi there. does anybody out there , got any experience in turning Wattle . Any good .?? Colourwise ,texture wise ?? feedb...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Manfred
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by Manfred