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I'm in search for a new wallet now, and all the ads I get for wallets brag about how they have RFID blocking. I haven't yet decided which wallet to get, but my favorites are Von Baer, Bosca, and...

Do commercial cleaning companies take on woodworking shops? I hate having someone rummage through my tools, but it's also time for a thorough cleaning. Have you ever used commercial cleaning services...

The ultimate cutter for woodturning with an X-Y table is an high positive diamond, 30 degree carbide insert. They're razor sharp. Search youtube for "CNC woodturning", you'll see them in use for...

Yes, definitely better quality of cut and less chance of chipping the thread crests. There also may be longer cutter life too. At least a metal cutting climb cut gives longer tool life since the...

Something I don't ever recall seeing in recommendations for wood threading is to use a climb cut. A climb cut can be visualized as the direction of cut that you're warned not to use when routing...

In case nobody has mentioned it...... shapers are dirt cheap these days, at least on Seattle Craigslist. Router tables have destroyed the home shop shaper market.

I had a nice condition Delta...

I have a W&H planer that's missing the dust collection hood. I've never seen a hood other than in pictures

Does that hood do anything other than being a dust collector for shavings? Some...

I think this may be the place I used in the past.

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(864) 314-8460

In my area (Seattle) there was a time you could go into any one of several lamp shops to buy...

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I used to do a similar thing for my kids. Rather than turn the profile I would make the profile in long pieces of wood with the table saw and shaper using various stock profile cutters, quite a...

A problem with carbide these days is you don't know where it's coming from. Quality carbide inserts have gone up substantially in price in the last couple years.

Then you have the inserts from...

I always liked this from Albert Einstein : &ldquo;If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an emptydesk a sign?&rdquo;

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One question though.... how does a high gloss finish like you used hold up over the years with normal seasonal...

Lathes are surprisingly easy to build. Especially lathes for bowls, etc where a long bed and a tailstock aren't needed.

Back in the day I seemed to come into contact with a lot of woodturners...

Steve, is all the movement due to the wood itself or do you add to the distortion and movement with force, clamps, weights, etc?

I like the natural movement of wood, it doesn't happen in every...

Allan, I have no experience with DVR, by barely turning do you mean still having enough torque to apply pressure for coarse sanding? It's common in industrial machinery to have barely turning with...

In Seattle, by law, we have three city supplied "garbage" cans. One for recyclables, paper, plastics, glass, metal, etc, etc. Another for garbage, basically anything not recyclable or compostable. ...

An update on this situation...

To refresh the story...at a shop estate sale I picked up a Delta inverter that had been replaced under warranty on a Grizzly lathe. For 2 bucks too good a deal to...

Bill, thanks for the reply.

I didn't make it clear, this VFD will not be used on a lathe. The key pad will be fine for my use.

I found the inverter manual online and there is an option to...

At a shop sale yesterday I picked up an S1 or SL01 (?) .75kw Delta inverter that had been on a new Grizzly G0632 lathe. At 2 bucks it was too good a deal to pass up. Hopefully it's still...

Nice work... I see in the picture with the lathe outside the piece that's chucked up has a split down the side.

Is the wood dry? If so, how? I was under the impression material that thick...

Slowing it down could be done fairly simply.


Replace the original motor with a stepper motor. Size-wise the stepper should be a good fit. Use a motor drive that allows speed control via a...

What you need is a Morse taper reamer. The reamers used to come cutting and finishing grades. The finishing grade would be fine to touch up and remove any burrs, etc in the taper.

Here's a link...

Peter, about the Minwax wood hardener....I've seen the cans at Home Depot. It doesn't say anything on the can about topcoating with finish products or even whether it's clear after hardening. They...

I set my grandson (6) up with wood burning equipment. My thought was a ball tip would be best for line work. Nope...the ball sinks too deep into the soft wood between grain lines making motion...

In case anyone is looking for a Conover lathe there's one on the Seattle craigslist. It's been listed quite awhile. Seems like the last price was around $750. It may just be the metal kit so it'd...