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Ok, I must admit to being a bit frustrated here. I wasn't asking about the characteristics of the Powermatic. I've had it for 15 years but now I'm having problems with it (and I might have someone...

Reed, the electronics have gone south and I'm tired of dealing with it. I wasn't in the mind to switch until it stopped working.

The lathes I mentioned have a bigger swing, so that's a plus.

Hello folks,

I'm in the market for a new lathe to replace my Powermatic 3520A.

I'd like to get a Robust American Beauty but I don't want to spend that much. What I'm considering are the Rikon...

Thanks Barry. The bowls are now off the lathe and signed on the bottom.

This won't help me much now, but for the future, how do you deal with the bottom after you apply on the lathe?

Hello. I have some bowls of spalted magnolia. Very pretty with white and brown zones with black lines. it was suggested to me that General Finishes Water-Based Topcoat Gloss would be a good finish...

So I'm working on finishing a vase made of maple and ebony.

I put on several (six? seven?) thin coats of Minwax Natural (209). After the final coat sat for a few days, I used the Novus polishing...

This is the most disappointing product I've bought in a long time. The headband broke twice and the battery holds for a very brief time.

Roger,

I have had this problem for about the past 2 years. What seems to have helped the most was Superfeet insoles. They have various sizes. I have a full-sized pair for shoes that have removable...

I like #4 and #8. My wife liked #1 and 13.

Another vote for the Beall system. When I want a gloss finish these days I spray on about a dozen thin coats of lacquer. Then wait at least a week. Then all three parts of the buffing system.

It has a rather unpleasant smell.

Well I've not been at it for 30 years (more like 3) but most of my pieces these days are segmented. I agree with Michelle. The form is good, the joints are tight, but my feeling is this design would...

And the answer is......

M16-2.0.


i now have my new CBN wheel mounted and sharpening.

Does anybody know what is the thread on this Woodcraft slow-speed grinder?

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I must have whacked the outside of the spindle (or is it called an arbor?) at some time. When I took off the...

Well it turned out the piece was just small enough to fit in the microwave with about 1/4 on each side. I've been giving it 25 second blasts and then letting it cool off. It warms the wood but just...

Thanks to all. Unfortunately I think it is too big for the microwave.

Oh well, no big deal. Maybe give it as a Christmas present. Probably be dry by then.

Hello all,

I'm seeking some comments on my most recent experience with walnut oil. I turned a bowl from highly figured flame box elder (about 13 across, 4 inches high, with 0.25 inch think sides):...

I was drilling out some mortises this morning and the arbor came loose from my Ryobi DP12IL drill press. The operator's manual doesn't address this situation.

Tapping the arbor back into place...

Jerry,

the tree was cut down in May 2012. I anchorsealed all the pieces and set them out side in the shade and off the ground. I got around to roughing this piece out in July. I cut the two bowl...

Thanks Dennis. That reminds me to thank Paul Millo and Ric Taylor for the photos.

It started out like this
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and I soon got it to look like this

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and then I decided to cut it in two

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This is a piece of live oak with some nice figure and a bit of spalting. The figure made me think of flames so it seemed the base, which I picked up last summer in NM, fit the same feel. The...

I posted this to the segmented section of AAW earlier but I wanted to wait to post it elsewhere until I had a better photo. Thanks to Paul Millo, official photographer of the Gulf Coast Woodturners...

In stead of using black epoxy you could fill the crack with cocoa (or finely-ground coffee) and then fill with CA. I had luck with CA and cocoa on one of my recent pieces.

When you show people your turnings they won't be able to tell how clean your lathe (or the rest of your shop) was.