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Toxic wood

Question about toxicity of wood, particularly "exotic" or at least from the far corners of the world. What are typical...
28 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Stephen
28 comments posted 22yrs posted by Stephen

ambrosia turning dard

I have been working with green ambrosia maple and have tried using various oils, shallacs and deft to finish the projec...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by moyolawn
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by moyolawn

Working with non-toxic finish

Which is the best non-Toxic finish to coat on a bowl?
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by andre825
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by andre825

Website Updated

Just a quick note to let you know that I have updated our website again. The latest additions are the winners and the w...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by rhaslip
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by rhaslip

Texturing

I have frequently heard people recommend doing texturing using vibrating carving tools--in particular, the Ryobi tool s...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by l.lichtman
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by l.lichtman

Drying Rough turned green bowls - Pentacryl

I turn all of my bowls green, and have been trying different drying techniques. I have used the boiling technique, but...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by bharring
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by bharring

Sioux Angle Drill

I have seen comments about woodturners using the above for sanding bowls on the lathe. I notice the Sioux drill comes i...
14 comments posted 22yrs
posted by barry712
14 comments posted 22yrs posted by barry712

Chicago?

I'm off to the Windy City next week, and was wondering if anyone could recommend galleries, museums etc. there. I'm par...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by barss
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by barss

RE: Musing about my career as an artist ... (long)

As a working artist, I too would like to point out that art is all too often defined by what we as individuals are prog...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by <monsterslurk
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by <monsterslurk

Bandsaw Mill

Does anyone know of someone in the Nashville, TN area that has a bandsaw mill that would do some cutting for me? I have...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jamrelliot
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by jamrelliot

bowl blanks from wood pile

I am very new to turning(last wood turning was in school 20 yrs ago). I picked up a Shopsmith ER10 http://69.141.184.37...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by eeb4u
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by eeb4u

need parts for an el cheepo band saw.

the lower guide block holder on my POS BS busted while i was trying to tune it up. the casting snapped. it is suposed t...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by fartntouchit
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by fartntouchit

FA: small TEFC motor, new

I've put a small, new FASTCO TEFC motor up on E-bay. I actually have two of these, but for some reason it wouldn't let...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nobody
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by nobody

Musing about my brief life as an artist

Happy is the man who is satisfied to _push himself to turn ever more useful and/or handsome round, off center or eccent...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by almcc
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by almcc

Food Safe Finishes (aka Speaking of Goblets)

Anyone care to point me in the right direction regarding "food safe" finishes? I've looked into a few, such as walnut,...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tsyke
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by tsyke