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with my 042 stihl, I get about 15 minutes for a full cut on 10ft x 16 inch douglas fir ( thats fuel ,set, cut ,, etc ) 4 slabs per hour

I work part time on a woodmizer mill and also have an alaskan mill. and do slabbing with a chainsaw. my opinion on this is , if you need small blocks for woodturning then splitting down the length...

I core the larger blanks first then I have done the tenon and can finish turn ( green ) the bowl, once the large one is turned I move on to the next size smaller. it helps me to be able to reshape...

Nate, I hope the form holds up for you, one of the thoughts I had was on the idea of turning thicker to be safe. the thicker you make it the more likely it is to split and crack . thin can crumple...

cory, that can be arranged,contact me

I keep mine is a 4 gallon bucket, the cutter heads in the bucket with the pivot outside, the underblade supports in the bottom nested. and the offset boards next to them. a pipe handle also stays in...

brings up a sawmill question, if a tree falls and there are no pictures, did it not happen?
too far from oregon to come for it, sorry to hear..

if you had wanted to. might have filled it with dark sawdust or coffee grounds and CA'ed it that will stick to most anything, I do that with bug holes in myrtlewood or walnut .

being one of those who turn alot of green wood, I think I would have gone with the line of turn it to final thickness then wrap with plastic strecth wrap then bag it. when I bag in the summer ( yeah...

speaking of the too short a bar, if your chain is sharpened evenly ( and it doesnt have to be mic'ed in my opionon) and still cuts to one side, then your bar has uneven shoulders/ rails. your saw...

I have a 2 way fan mounted in the wall behind the lathe.when turning noxious woods I run it at low speed in exghaust, to sand I put two dowels in the upper corners and then drape a vynil sheet ( 4 ft...

I think you had most everything going close enough to right ,, except I didn't hear anything about wedges if you had stopped the backcut at 2 inches from the hidge and then pounded a couple wedges in...

as a student of reed ( robohippy) I see him core stuff and looks effortless. I bought a Mcnaughty and had some issues right out of the box. had to sand and polish the blades to get them to "slide"...

oh boy you all work too hard, simple math for this turner, but here is something no one pointed out, why start with a 90 degree platform? better to have say your 60degree scraper angle so without any...

I haven't used the S shaped rod rest, but have used the cast iron one a couple times. I was not too happy with the curvature of the last part of the rest. I do prefer the curve of the one way inside/...

thats the beginning of our story. lv is las vegas.free wood is alot of work and cost ya alot too, black walnut is too avalible to haul that sort of distance I would hope. being wood turners we did a...

I found a metal tap on ebay for not too much a price, if you cant find one let me know and will borrow it out * with conditions. scott

being a woodcutter, turner and xmas tree grower, I run saws alot, I prefer the stihl for the following. they have good lifespans like the husky/jons but seem to have less decibels. for size I would...

hi nick I am also one of the few with a 6 inch vs grinder. mine was the cheapy inventory closeout type from delta. here is why I love mine.
1 its slower speed than the 8 inch at any given speed the...

I have been given a dogwood peice and turned it into a box. it was nicely grained and pinkish, but when talking to my mentor he said that the local wild speices ( pacific dogwood) was bland and...

I use a baseplate cut from a 1x10 oak for my DC at 11.75 so i have a little extra room between the DC and the lathe bed. for donuts I used melanie sign board ( about 5/8th's I think ) first I cut out...

I have a talon chuck and dont like the serrated jaws they dont bottom out well on dovetails so have to be fanaglled to run true in my opionon, I have a vicmark and love it ( the bigger one) if I had...

I use the HF drills, with a keyed chuck as it was a smaller length, I bought the first one with a 1 yr warrenty and had it replaced once, bought a second one later ( as a spare ) and have had little...

to increase the clearance on my donut chuck. I put a tenon on it and then use my talon chuck to hold it. this puts the back of the donut about 3 inches from the headstock, and the mounting of it is...

I use magnetic strips from harbor freight. I put a handle rest under them and the tool section is pointed up. it holds pretty well but you have to make sure the tool contacts the strip correctly,...