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Variable frequency drive (VFD) use with lathes

Hello and thanks for all the material you posters put up for us lurkers. This is the good part: I just purchased a Powe...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gdstutts
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by gdstutts

New to turning

Ahoy! I have recently started turning and due to the recent demise of my lathe I fear it is time to break out the walle...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ferretygubbins
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by ferretygubbins

Another Nail

Hit another nail roughing out a bowl. Missed it with the chainsaw, bandsaw and two roughing gouges. But the Beijings Bes...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gwr40
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by gwr40

such a deal - 1/3 hp gast vane type vacuum pump

usually wood turners want oilless pumps - I picked up a GAST 1/3 hp vane type pump, but it is not oil-less - it has an...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Wooden Knitting Needles

After a DAGS, SWMBO bought some needles from this place in Nova Scotia: http://www.lismoresheepfarmwoolshop.com/needles...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Tanus51
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by Tanus51

Ode to Oland

I was rough hollowing a sweetgum bowl when about 1/2 inch deep I heard and felt a whop-whop. Stopped the lathe and ther...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gwader
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by gwader

Shape Shifter Review

Hello Mac and others, I finished reviewing the ShapeShifter eccentric chuck and have written a review. This hasn't been...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by woodturner
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by woodturner

Clapham's Cutting & Sanding compound

I bought a bottle of this stuff at a woodworking show a while ago and I really like it - it lets me turn the inside of...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by check.my.addy
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by check.my.addy

local woodturner on local tv in Maryland

Posting this for a friend of mine. Marc Summer news from Mark Supik & Co..... We're on TV! Always wanted to see Joe, Jo...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by duckbite
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by duckbite

available in the Los Angeles area

a friend of mine needs to get rid of some stuff, in the SF valley area of Los Angeles - he has homeline 16 inch chainsa...
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posted by nobody
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Sweetgum gloat

This afternoon a tree cutter brought me 58 sections of sweetgum, 18 inches long and 12-20 inches diameter. I stood them...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gwr40
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by gwr40

question

I've been asked by a friend to make a funerary urn but I have no idea about the size to hold all the ashes? Anyone?
36 comments posted 17yrs
posted by star_rider
36 comments posted 17yrs posted by star_rider