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Texas Turns
Greg, Check out this link to the Bayou Woodturners in Southeast Louisiana. Kirk http://www.woodturners.com/bayou.htm
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Re: Soaking in dish detergent ?
Check out this Link, from the "Inventor" of the system. Make sure you scroll well down to the article on soaking in dishwasher detergent. James Barley
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Jet 1236 lathe noise
in article BB5DABEB.D4D7% DA at wrote on 8/11/03 8:24 PM: Thanks for suggestions. After checking everything one more time I find that the sliding portion of the speed changer fits rather loose over...
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Re: Any Injuries Caused by Gloves?
I think it was my initial concern for the safety aspect that prompted this series of postings. Since then, I have asked all my woodturning friends whether they would consider wearing any type of glove...
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Tree question, Oak and Sycomore...
Any kind of oak, or other woods with high tannic acid content will give you blue fingers. Tree growth is influenced by so many factors that it's difficult to say what affects the growth at any time....
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Re: burls
Ah c'mon Chuck, lighten up. I though it was rather droll. Couple more posts like that and you'll be 2003's first COC... ...Kevin
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From A Bowl, To A Sconce
Strawberries were down to $0.20 per ounce Is $3.20 a pound a bad price?????
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Grinding wheel on Mercury Lathe
I've used both "brass" and those nylon license plate bolts, both with success and no damage to my spindle thread. Also I've use a small lead plug to seat the setscrew onto the spindle, this is my...
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Re: Turning Bog Oak??
The logs that sank : have been submerged for periods of up to or over 100 years. Apparently : the sumersion has changed the characteristics of the wood and it is in : high demand. Or so the...
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Re: How to make a Self powered sander - Calling Andy C
Rob, at under "Tools and Tips". I've made several sanders and it's easy. Actually, the first one I made was in 1979 before I even had a lathe, but that's another story. There's a downloadable file...
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Re: Spindle-turning Long, Thin Wood: Update...
You could probably also fill that pipe with sand or concrete to add weight, increase rigidity and dampen vibration.
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Re: vacuum pumps anyone?
I have one of Bill's vacuum pumps. It works great for it's intended purpose. The regulation of the amount of vacuum has multiple purposes, the least of which is not having so much vacuum that it...
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Ebay Woodturning Books and Magazines
I have a number of Woodturning books and old woodturning magazines on eBay...check them out..."The Woodturner" from 1985 to 1993, "Woodturning Annual", plus others..if you put in "wood lathe book" in...
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Re: Natural Edge idea needed
Mike If I am turning a natural edged bowl and a piece of the bark breaks off either then or when drying, off goes the rest of the bark. Leave the natural edge which is left as is. It gives an...
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