I am by trade a finish carpenter (mostly unglamorous work, but occasionally the gem of a house to work on comes along). I sharpen my chisels to a mirror finish and store them lovingly....I recently...
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I am by trade a finish carpenter (mostly unglamorous work, but occasionally the gem of a house to work on comes along). I sharpen my chisels to a mirror finish and store them lovingly....I recently...
lets see, since I have already removed about 1/4 of the tip of my left thumb, (a combo of bad technique and a fence that moved -which coincidentally is why the saw I own was not ranked as editors...
Jim, do you have a link???
I am at that point in my shop. and would love a few ideas
i was gonna vote for the cove or bead idea, perhaps a complimentary set high and one low?
As for the G string. you can buy single strings at your music shop. The strings can be puchased by...
i hadn't thought of a local "club"! thanks gary...maybe I'll see you there:cool:
thanks guys.. will keep trying...
Just got a chuck and want to try screwing up more nice wood!!!! :eek: :p
Southern california, Steve
ok.. I have been practicing on all my errrr scraps ..not sure how hard maple becomes a scrap:confused: ....now I need some real wood...I have picked thru a few firewood piles locally.. most of it...
apparantly..we need some bread to get either mustard or mayo....
9 feet??? Wow. you could turn front porch columns in one shot!!!
or pencil posts for beds......hmmmmm.. would you want to make me a shaker flag post??:rolleyes:
Well, guys... Thanks for all this info. I guess by the fact that I am making curls and having fun. I am doing ok
I have quite a few practice sticks (2 x2 soft maple cut offs left over from...
Thanks guys, and no thats not confusing.
Basically then, I should begin a bowl with a gouge for roughing.. and then come back and clean it up with the scraper (light touches)?
I have been...
I have made chessboards with cocobolo inlays and stringing. As mark said, glue right away, and I use Gorilla glue with no troubles. Remeber though the inlays were somewhat trapped in my application,...
Hi guys, recently back at this spinny stuff. I was wondering what the difference is between a gouge and scraper (bowl scraper) and why the scrapers seem to be so much larger. Use and function seems...
Hey John, Perhaps you have a project you want to build first? If so, think of what tools the piece would require to build, those would be the most used starting tools....
As Jim said, good...
not to steal the thread.. is the G3 chuck a good one to start with? its a good price point
Jeff
As for shock absorbers, a rubber (thick and hard) or urethane donut would probably help with the beginnings of a big hunk of off balance wood.
It seems to mee that vibration is only a short term...
what a fun idea!!!
just a brief laymans explanation of concrete. 5 or 6 bag mix defines its strength. an engineer would define it by psi strength. more bags = harder concrete. As for vibration...
Nope.. its for certain. I...haven't done that...since the last time
Jeff
I believe that Fine Woodworking magazine had an article about it. I'm searching, I'll let you know what I find
Hi Guys, I am just getting into this...and was curious if you had any suggestions on which 3-4 tools to begin turning with. I plan on doing a few things between the centers to get a feeel for this...
no Andy, unfortunately...(fortunately?) I am not.. I am part of the Flint Michigan Borges tribe. They don't spin, so I am trying to fit in to this new ummm family? I am creating my own tribe..in So...
Andy, you don't know me.. I've posted in a here a few times..but I thought you might want to know, if you need place to keep that....well.. ummm I'd volunteer! :p :rolleyes:
Well done, nice...
Lol the gift that keeps on giving
I'm self employed so retirement may NEVER come!!! I am a finish carpenter by trade.
But the lathe will:p
Tyler, what are all the signatures from?
Nice to meet you all, been drooling...