I know I'm a little late here with a reply but I have a few tips for cutting threads. 20 tpi are the easiest to learn with. Hard Maple is a good practice wood,might need to dripple a thin CA over the...
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I know I'm a little late here with a reply but I have a few tips for cutting threads. 20 tpi are the easiest to learn with. Hard Maple is a good practice wood,might need to dripple a thin CA over the...
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Bill
not one for salt?
Need to get a photo tent and good Camera. but will post pictures when done. been playing with plastics right before I left.
Bill
Pink Ivory is an other good one I'm told got a piece right before I left on vacation for three weeks. will be trying it as soon as I get back. Good pratice wood is hard maple I chased a bunch in that...
so Mike how are you doing with chasing by hand ? are you getting the hang of it?
Bill
In the book I got from Fred he said that you could use plywood for the chuck and that if you didn't get it just right could also use car body filler to make it a sphere
Bill
Mike
I use the tool, it helps keep the inside chaser from bouncing in the grain on the cut
I've make about 6 boxes this weekend and had the same trouble I get good threads but sometimes the...
I have the 20 tpi and 16 tpi. Everything I've read or watched said that the 20 tpi are the best for the beginger.
Bill Jones in his book notes fron the turning shop suggest a medium chaser of 20 to...
those were taken with my camera phone don't have a real camera
Mike
here are some small boxes that I've made I'm a turner not a photografter
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Mike did you get the armrest? I found it to be alot easier with the armrest and using 20 tpi.
Bill
you see ken got pushed in to this years ago and he's willing to take every flat worker with him now
First there was Towey
and now John
Bill
I use 2 part epoxy for glueing all of my pen tubes and have used it as a medimum for chasing threads in wood to soft for threads.
I have also used it to glue in inserts with a little color added...
thanks Leo I couldn't remember were it was
Bill
how big are the spheres that you want to turn and try sphere jigs might have better luck
And Leo has a picture of one in a post sometime back if you do a search
hope that helps
Bill
and once that chuck get there it will help too
Bill
I see a bowl coming real soon HEHEHE
Bill
I'm thinking a closet bowl turner and you guys should make him feel welcome when he does decide to come out
so maybe on Monday a call to Doug will be in order. Order a small 1/4 inch bowl gouge(v or u shaped) and 2- 3/4 or 1 inch scraped
Bill
PS this piece of soft malpe is kiln dryed
need help doing a small bowl in soft maple and have a hard time with tear out the bowl is 7 1/2 by 1 1/2. Thinking I might need to get a large scraper only have the small one that came with my...
I'm just wondering what the big ugly knive is for in the picture of the old lathe
Bill
Wondering how long you wait before buffing out finishes?
Want to use some wipe on poly on a few turning and want to buff them out buyt not sure how many coats and how long to wait before I'm able...
why does that bowl have a pedestal HEHEHEHE
it was wipe on and done while on the lathe at speed I guess I should have said that
Thanks
Bill