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A little expansion. Occasionally I turn pieces such staircase components for per who need a couple for their old home restoration. I have been in the past asked about turning load hearing columns or...

So I'm embarking on an extended period of insane long hours at work in order to feed/upgrade my addiction. I am currently turning on a Jet 1236 and I am going to upgrade to a new lathe. I'm debating...

Come Saturday my family and I are moving to a new house with a full basement that will be mostly devoted to woodworking. SWMBO doesn't really want to hear my DC while it's running (I'm not a big fan...

Hopefully it's ok for me to post this here, but is there anyone in the Central Indiana area that has a way to sharpen planer blades? Or instructions on how to make a jig that I can use on my 8" slow...

So I'm currently 90% turner but I'm expanding my horizons. My current project is making rosettes and plinth blocks for new trim in my house. The question is, what would be the nest wood for this? It...

Dale-

I love this idea! I may have to steal it for some of my next bowls! And I think you'd be surprised how many people would get the cardiology references!

Anyone ever used a Hitachi M12V2? How do you like it? Pros? Cons? Thanks!

Does anyone have any experience with the moulding cutters for tables saws from Craftsman? If so, good or bad? Also does anyone know where the best place is to get rosette cutters for a decent price?...

So I'm going to be buying a new router in the very near future and I'm not sure which one to go with..I'm planning on mounting it in a table but I also want to be able to pull it out for doing plunge...

I did about 200 pens in the last two weeks (craft show this weekend) that were a mix of wood, acrylic, and alternative materials.. I rough my tubes with 220 grit and use 2 part epoxy.. 0 failures on...

Would these methods work as well if the wood is already dried as opposed to fresh cut? I have 3 rough turned bowls with some absolutely wild spalting through them, but they're really punky....
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Depends on what kind of lathe it is, and what the stand is. If it is something like a 1642 or something where the legs are formed and bolted to the lathe, I would not put something in between the...

I have turned about 50 pens so far, and will probably turn another 200 or so in the next month. I buy my kits from Woodturningz because his are the cheapest and I live close to him so it's not a big...

Ken- Those are the twist style mechanism as opposed to the click style mechanism.

Jim - Those are nice kits, but I might need something a little less pricey for what I've got in mind.

Rich -...

Okay- I'm having a really hard time finding a specific style of pen kit and I was wondering if anyone on here had looked for it as well. I'm wanting a black enamel click style pen kit. Has anyone...

Love it!! Where ever did you get that???

My router is a Porter Cable 690, will that work with it?

The kind that plugs into the wall and then the router plugs into it. Do those actually work? I would be concerned about it causing damage to the router with extended use. ?????

Has anyone tried using the TruStone blanks from PSI? I've done alot of acrylic and plastic pens, but I've had two TrueStone blanks blow on me. One was fine, but when I pressed the tip in the piece...

I cut anywhere from 6" to 16" diameter blanks with a 1/2" 3TPI skip tooth blade. I order mine from bandsawblades.com and get 10 blades for about $90 including shipping. I think they're pretty good...

When your mother-in-law stops by your shop because they were cutting trees down at the local golf course, and here's a couple of small pieces of the trees 'just in case it's something you can use'. ...

I have the Oneway.. Love it..well balanced..

Really nice looking wood, here's my question though, how wide is the split? If it's hairline, you might get lucky. If not, there's lots of ways to salvage it. Personally, I would lean towards a...

Terry-

Beautiful wood! I love box elder, about three years ago I managed to score 4 tons of it, made about 150 bowls out of it. Fun to work with! Shape is excellent, the lines flow well. How...

Couple of questions:

Has anyone heard of and/or used router bits made by a company called Elite? I've seen alot of their bits on e-bay for decent prices, but I want to know if these are good...