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The wood has just begun to spalt. It is completely sound. Only a small portion, maybe ¼ to 1/8<SUP>th</SUP> of an inch of the surface after being sized to ¾ of and inch has any sign of spalting, and...

I don’t post much on this side of town but I need some help. I have just received some wood form a customer to start a entertainment center. The Red Oak came from the farm she had grown up on. It is...

My opinion… I wouldn’t give one those things to Ray Charles!!!! LOL just playing man you know that. Jeff they look great! I’ll call ya! :D :D :D :D

Hey Blake
can you post a link to the motor your talking about. I am looking to do the same thing to HF.

if this doesn't count for ugly then I don't know hat is. It has 4 pits in it.

Here is a little something I did a few days ago... @#$%^& this is the nices thing I think I have done to date. I also used CA as a finish for the first time.
I still need to work on the pic's. It...

Hey Glen thanks for the post I also did not have any idea this was a donation based forum. I will send so funding when I finish the set a cabinets in the shop now instead of putting money in the...

You can count me in Ray
I just found a roads side treasure that will work great. I’ll have it up in the next day or so.
Bu the way I don’t remember if I told you this before but I and all the...

That has got to make you very proud. I hope that my little one will someday want to pickup a gouge and hang with the old man in the shop.
He did a great job!!!

Well this goes beyond Hollow forms really it has to do with burls and natural edges also but it is the same question for both. How do you handle them? What I mean is do you rough them in, dry them...

I gave a truck load away today. I had it for so long, and didn't have time to get to it the is had started checking and cracking. As I say that I'm thinking dam I wish was cloaser... I'd help you...

Here is something you may find helpfull...
http://www.csgnetwork.com/pulleybeltcalc.html

Well I can’t say I did it the correct way but I did it. It wasn’t easy with the lack of a steadier so it jumper and vibrated a little :D and I only have a straight necked hollowing tool so getting...

Welcome to the Zoo Henry!!!!
I am the proud owner of the HF 34706-5VGA http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34706 (just be sure we are talking about the same one) It has...

They said the Craftsman speed control was hard on the hands.

Hey Brad lets see frankenstein. It sound great. That is the kinda stuff I am looking for. Thanks for the input. I just don't want to spend that much on something that wll not do the job. I did read a...

My bad. I thoguth you had a HF and the Craftsman...but thanks.

Way to go Stu. That’s what I’ve been waiting to see. I know once you got the correct tools you feel the last blow and tumble head first over the edge. That first bowl is a great high and it keeps...

Ok Steve you the man I need to talk to. You did what I am thinking of. I have the same HF lathe. It has done a great job for me, but I want to go a little bigger. My dream of a PM or Jet is slowly...

So what size head stock does that have?
Is really that noisy, so loud that you need hearing protection?
It looks good from over here, but a lot of thing look goood from over here.

Hey guys give us some more spic’s on the lathe. I looked online but they didn’t very much.
Also tell us a little more about the optional tools rest. Does it look like it would hold up?

Well Ray I have to say you have some great stuff. Your pricing is right about where mine was and here is what I found. If it was more the $50 they looked real hard. If it was more they looked quick...

Way to go Pete. That's great. Man when you get setup and can turn something other then end grain you are going to think you died and went to heaven. It looks great keep raiding your friends wood...

Ray I know your right. I have had people ask me how I do what I do. When I tell them and tell them how long it takes to glue up a medium size segmented bowl, or dry and return and green bowl they are...

Don’t kid yourself boy’s she got her cut right off the top! Now I am formulating the plan for what I “NEED” and what I “WANT” to get in tool department with out taking to much from my PM 3520 fund,...