There is a debate going on right now with me and one of my posts as the focus. I am posting here separately to speak my piece on a few things. Read quickly in case this one vaporizes too.
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There is a debate going on right now with me and one of my posts as the focus. I am posting here separately to speak my piece on a few things. Read quickly in case this one vaporizes too.
First,...
Okay, by reading another thread ENTIRELY, I have discovered what is going on here. I can't say what I think because it would violate the Terms of Service. But I don't expect this thread will be...
First I find a post of mine has been deleted. So I ask about it here, and I get a reply that TWO moderators don't know why it should have been moved, so it was moved back.
THEN my post here...
Wally, I have a vacuum chuck, but many of the hollow forms I turn have enough holes in them that the vacuum chuck will not work. I use a friction chuck, which is not much more than a padded cone for...
Michael, for all the chair legs I have made, the holes have been bored after the fact. Of course, most of the time I am not the one boring them. :p But even when I am, drilling holes at angles...
No worries Mark, we each have our own experiences. I would be interested to hear how your sycamore fares once the humidity of summer passes by though. I have dried pieces successfully, but the vast...
Sycamore is indeed beautiful, but there is one huge caveat of which you need to be aware. American Sycamore probably moves more and loses more water than just about any other North American...
Tom, that is some nice looking wood, burls or not. The black lines you are seeing are probably sap pockets, which are common in what we call wild cherry around here. The are not much desired in...
Tom, why not go back to the tree with a camera and get some detailed pictures to post here. From what you describe, you may be looking at scabs rather than burls. Scabs are lumps which form around...
Hi Josiah
I turned well over 1000 tap handles for a local brewery during a ten year period. I had it a little bit easier in that I could have a hole in both ends, but the process I used will...
Hi guys
Brett, my big saw there is a Stihl 046 Magnum, now the 460 Magnum. It sports a 28" bar most of the time, which is what you see in the picture. I also have an 18" bar for it when I am...
Hi Andy
Jim let me know that this thread was going on, since I don't always get over here to this forum. We put a Heatmor outdoor furnace in two years ago this coming October. I am currently...
Greetings all
It was a sultry, 90 deg day today - perfect weather for some seriously heavy duty lifting! So, I called for reinforcements, my good friend Dominic Greco. But to begin at the...
Here in PA we probably have the highest quality and largest variety of hardwoods in North America. Maple of all sorts, cherry of several varieties, black walnut, English walnut, black locust, honey...
Good morning folks. I appreciate the thoughts.
We are trying to keep this thing as simple as possible. There are lots of things that could be done to it to enhance performance, at least for a...
Hi guys
To answer the questions so far...
George, to use it based on the tailstock would require it be crammed in pretty tight to keep it from rotating around, or held with one hand. The whole...
Greetings all
Last year when I was making my second video I developed a depth gauge that would work with any kind of bowl, hollow form, vase, whatever, as long as it had a hole in the middle. It...
Bob, we can all tell you why you should buy the lathe that each one of us has - well, except me, since I have a Poolewood, and you can't get them anymore. Once you get to this level of machine, you...
Well, you would think that Mike, but my own personal research has shown that despite my one gauge being on the internet for almost 8 years now, and thousands of videos sold, probably somewhere in the...
Since it has been mentioned about the laser, I am going to go ahead and say I have two prototypes of a commercially produced jig of this design on their way to my shop right now, both with a laser...
Thanks guys. I appreciate the comments.
Bob, that was one of my best friends who also happens to be a turner. We argue about who is the better turner. I say it is him and he says it is me. ...
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I have been doing some turning, even a lot of turning, but not much worth posting. I have been doing a lot of demo pieces, teaching pieces, etc, and even some duplicating of...
Yes, that is Lee's granddaughter, Emily. If fact, if you look closely where Walt "washed" the window, you can see her name tag!
Jim, after looking at that picture, I think I may have to run out...
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I am getting back to my computer again to post the group photo we take every picnic. Not everyone could make it, and several participants in the pool were too wet and unwilling to...
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The list is remarkably short this year, at least as opposed to that of years past. I have a sheaf of pictures that I suspect belongs to Col George. After all, he is starring in...