Woodturning Crafts

oven

trying to get some information on drying wood using the microwave oven any and all information appreciated thanks Ron

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posted by ronjboucher

9 comments posted 16yrs posted by ronjboucher

drying wood

trying to find information on using dishwater soap in drying wood any and all would be appreciated thanks Ron

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posted by ronjboucher

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by ronjboucher

Woodworking Plans

Hey, guys. I'm new to this group so I just wanted to post a message to say hi. If anyone is interested, I have a websit...

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posted by africa59233

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Darkening cherry bowls

I currently am working on a few cherry bowls. I know that cherry will darken upon exposure to sunlight from a maple typ...

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posted by bldaun

41 comments posted 16yrs posted by bldaun

fa: if you want a metal working type 4-jaw chuck for your wood lathe....

I just listed a 4 jaw chuck on ebay with a 1-8 thread - because it's a metal lathe chuck, it doesn't have "teeth" to gr...

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posted by nobody

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

OT: Shake, rattle and roll here in Eureka

Happened to be in shop when earthquake hit.. Dodged a few boards flying off the the lumber racks.. Then power went out....

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posted by jim_hall_

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Vacuum

I am thinking hard on buying a vacuum unit for my lathe. I have looked at the holdfast system which produces 19hg. A us...

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posted by murraywarner

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Thinking seriously of buying the "EZ-Rougher"

Is it worth the money? Anyone besides Robohippy use one? mac Please remove splinters before emailing

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posted by mac

11 comments posted 16yrs posted by mac

Loose Nova G3 Chuck Slides

I've been having trouble getting my bowls to turn true lately. Not a lot of wobble but enough to require a lot of sandi...

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posted by tomsturnings

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by tomsturnings

Bloxigen modification

I use Lee Valley's tung oil sealer to bring out the grain sometimes. I found that the Bloxigen nozzle will cause the se...

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posted by gwader

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by gwader

Tormek jigs on a Bench Grinder

I have a Tormek, and I found that re-shaping a HSS gouge is a PITA. Tormek recently announced a package (BGM-100) that...

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posted by nospam

9 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

spalting question -- bubbling black pockets of white stuff

I was reorganizing a shed yesterday, and came across a large piece of spalted bigleaf maple I bought three or so years...

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posted by barss

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by barss

fs: occasional reminder - inexpensive facelates

perhaps some of you folks who got lathes for Christmas could use some faceplates - if so, you may wish to consider visit...

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posted by nobody

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Daniel Collection - website update

Just my annual notification to alert those who may look at it form time to time that the website has been updated for m...

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posted by jonathon

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Filling cracks w/ CA

Occasionally while sanding a bowl I find a hairline crack. Filling it with CA glue leaves a blotch around the crack whe...

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posted by gwader

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by gwader