I have owned a 3HP long bed AB since 2012. It has been a fabulous machine. I have also turned a bit on the Sweet 16. Also a fabulous machine that handles bowls most mortal men would turn just fine....
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I have owned a 3HP long bed AB since 2012. It has been a fabulous machine. I have also turned a bit on the Sweet 16. Also a fabulous machine that handles bowls most mortal men would turn just fine....
Mark, It does cause problems. I discovered that the hard way many years ago. What happens is that all finishes shrink as they cure, even CA. BLO and all other non catalyzed drying oils are extremely...
Never ever put anything under CA unless it is fully cured. Linseed oil take about 6 months or so to cure fully. If you put CA over uncured linseed oil it will shrink and cause the CA to do some...
Merry Christmas Steve and to all involved in the turning world.
Very sad. A great artist and an ambassador for wood turning. A great man that lived through many turmoils and always came out on top. A really sad time for our community. Ben will be greatly missed...
David, I could not agree more. If I had to worry about all the extremely dangerous stuff I do in my day for work and pleasure I would not get out of bed in the morning. I take appropriate precautions...
I agree. I rarely ever put a lot of my expertise forward as advice but I have been a house inspector for 20 years. I deal with HVAC systems daily in my business and there are trends I have noticed...
I have a 25x35 shop. It fills up quickly. I personally if I were to do it again not have anything smaller than 30x40 or event 40x40. Building cost will not be that much different. Biggest expense...
Yes, I have had my Robust AB for about 4 or 5 years. I have never regretted my decision.
I have turned on the Vicmarc VL300, The Powermatic 4224, On the Oneway 2436, and I own the Robust in a long bed version. I almost purchased a VL300 long bed which they no longer make but at the time...
Steve being an owner of an AB for about 4 years, what I can say is No on your question. Never had a problem. Mine is the 3HP model.
The national symposium is always fun. I go every year. The best value symposium IMHO is SWAT. Roughly 1K tuners present very reasonable price and a lot of fun. Utah is a great event. One of the best...
I have had the Makita for a couple of years and it works very well. I have not had any issues with the 55" rail and cross cuts and I have not had any trouble with cupping of my 55" rail, but I do...
Reed,
I have used negative rake scrapers on the interior of pieces and it helps and it is of course less grabby. My pieces are very smooth and have finish on the interior, and yes it always...
I have used and demoed many time on the 3520. I have always found the 3520 to be a bit cumbersome with working on the headstock side of the lathe which I actually do quite often. That is one of the...
Matt,
I oversized mine for a reason when I installed it. We get hot in South Texas, Not as hot as Phoenix but pretty dang hot. My shop is well insulated and I wanted something I did not have to...
I have a similar sized shop in South Texas. I purchased a Gree 32,000 BTU unit. They will all typically last about 10 years. They will tend to leak at the flare connections a little. They may need a...
Best advice I ever got was from Doug Thompson. He was just starting out making tools and I was just starting out turning. He told me to by a 1/2" bowl gouge and learn to use it. That's what I did....
I started using the serrated jaws from Oneway for exactly the same reason he feels the dovetail is superior. I have even discussed it among many other things with Stu sitting at a bar drinking. With...
Your more than Welcome! Happy New Year!
I live in the city and all my neighbors have turf grass yards. It is really irritating I have just spent 2 week so far recovering for a significant sinus surgery because I am so allergic to grass. My...
Wifi to the Echo Dot and 3.5mm jack to RCA inputs to the preamp. I have all the music available through my prime account plus I can listen to radio with the Echo dot as well. It will also sync with...
No TV but I have a Echo dot and blue tooth receiver that feeds my tube pre-amp run into a 200amp Parasound HCA1200 with a good set of speakers. I use the Echo dot most of the time. I love it. I have...
I personally don't think it needs a finial. it is a pretty vase and a pretty piece of wood. Let that be the star of the show. Just because you can make a finial does not mean the piece needs it.
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I recently moved from a small slider that I had since 1997 to a Sawstop PCS. There were things that I just could not do with the small slider that I wanted to do. I could not cut dados or larger...