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Here is an email I sent to Olson after two of their blades failed at the weld.

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I am a home hobbyist with a Grizzly G0555 14" Band saw with a riser. I recently bought two 105" - 3/16" - .o25...

I've had the Hitachi FS for seven years now and really have no complaints. I was confused about which one to get and happened to mention this to a Tool dealer I was considering buying from. He...

Would love to see some pics. Sounds like you have it well under control.
Keep it up and keep us posted.

Doug in AZ.

I posted this on the finshers forum and didn't get a response so I thought I would give you guys and gals a shot.

Hi all, My long awaited chance at making the coffe table and endtables for the...

Hi all, My long awaited chance at making the coffe table and endtables for the house is finally at hand. SWMBO has some very specific demands. Light wood, hard finish, cabriole legs, classic...

Hi All, First of all, yes, I did a search on cabriole legs but didn't really get a definitive answer. SWMBO has asked for a coffee table and matching end tables with cabriole legs. I've downloaded...

Not as hard as you may think. I can't seem to load pic's, something about the page being reset. If you are interested, ping me off line and I will send you a few pics you should be able to follow. ...

Hi All and thanks for the replies. Looks like a good learning session comming on. Guess I'll do the epoxy thing, but I need to color it with something, I kinda like the look of the black stuff. ...

Hi All, I got this pepperwood tree from a neighbor down the street. It looked freshly cut so I brought it home and made a couple of blanks, chucked one up and started shaping it. I left it on the...

Thanks for the compliment.

Sounds like a plan to me. I look forward to talking to you.

Later,

Doug in Phoenix

Nice work on the platters, sorry I hadn't noticed you are in Queen Creek before now. Funny thing, I just turned my first bowl/platter, not near as nice as yours though. I'm a newbie turner and...

Thanks for the comments all. I looked at some pics on line of Padauk, the long grain just doesn't seem consistant with what I have. Padauk's grain (at least on the web) more closely resembles a...

A friend gave me this piece of wood and for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. It looks brown on the outside but when you put a tool to it the shavings and dust are orange - no, I mean...

Thanks Jack, how cool is that?

Doug in AZ.

I've used that method before on a inside out turning I did. What a mess but I can see where it might be benificial in this case. The failure I mentioned ealier was a classic case of rushing things...

Talk about blunders, I posted last, then went to look one more time why it was so wobbly. Turns out I did not tighten the chuck! DA mistake, I had mounted it on the bench and got so caught up in...

So I followed the sage advice here and put a "bottom" on the bowl/platter. I let the CA glue set up, flipped it around, chucked it up and she wobbles like a Stop sign in a hurricane. Guess it's back...

That sounds easy enough. I thought a jam chuck had to the same size diameter as the ID of the bowl? I can see what you are talking about and it makes sense, no need to get all fancy and stuff. I...

I hate to keep saying this but, Thanks Raymond, I have to admit I am more inclined to go with your suggestion, the only problem is the jam chuck. I have zero experience with one, I know what they...

Great Advice Adam, My thought was to glue on a piece of maple then make "sneaky" feet out of it once I had used it for a place to clamp. I take it that normal glue up procedures apply? Do you...

Thanks George, I'll think hard about the videos.
Later,
Doug

Thanks Forrest, that sounds like a nice way to chuck it up. How deep should the recess go?
Thanks,
Doug in AZ.

I would like to have turned a tennon on the bottom but there just didn't seem to be enough material left over for a bowl if I did that. The fixture you made sounds like a cool thing to have. Any...

Chuck this thing up? I'm a newbie to turning.... I know...Vortex and all that and you are probably right. So I've got this bowl blank, I've got the outside the way SWMBO want's it, now, do I glue...

Hi all, Please forgive me for posting this here, but I thought you would get a kick out of it. I made it for a friend of mine that has a bad hip but loves to turn. His boy and I thought we might...