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John, thank you for this. I'll get my hands on a dial indicator. Meanwhile I'm trying to wrap my mind around your last paragraph. Even if I have a bent spindle, it would turn smoothly a piece of wood...

Kevin, I haven't measured it, it's just that everything I put on turns up to a certain point and then vrub vrub vrub, is obviously not running true.

I don't have a dial indicator but I do have a...

Anything I put on there. :(

Hello Everyone,

Been off the forum for a while. Moved twice and am finally trying to get back to turning after about two years. Apparently I lost more skill than I'd expected to. I had a couple...

I've examined the joint closely several times, and I just can't seem to see what is causing the jam on mine. I have taken great care to align the tables as close to flush as possible, using the...

Thanks guys. I will have a close look this weekend and maybe take a few photos.

Hi everyone,

I've been using the bed extension for about a year and a half now, and I have enough space so I just leave it attached all the time. It allows me to get the tailstock waaay out of...

I like to use Gorilla Glue for green blanks. Wood glue doesn't do well w/ green wood- it just can't cure properly. If the blanks are dry, doesn't matter.

Thanks everyone for your input. I think I will start collecting chucks. Might just buy whatever I can find cheap and go with the thread adaptors so I can have options.

It looks like most of the smaller chucks come w/ 1" or 3/4" spindle threads. I have a Hurricane 125 but I would like to be able to grasp smaller recesses and smaller tenons. Suggestions? Swapping...

You can take a long bladed screwdriver... put the blade on the machine near the bearing and hold your ear to the other end of the screwdriver. There is a telltale clacking sound of a shot bearing,...

Thanks guys. This would sound just as good on my Strat as me with a regular pick!

This is something different for me. Finished a commission for a musician friend. He asked for a flame maple bowl shaped like a guitar pick to collect his stray picks. I was a little disappointed in...

I think it's cherry. I was stumped until the last photo.

The flaking is because I nicked the chuck with the edge of a a tool rest at one point, which started it coming off. I'll take a picture. This is not really a complaint about the chuck, other than I...

I like the HTC 125 a lot but it's dangerous to the hands. The plastic/metallic coating on the exterior of the chuck flakes off leaving razor-sharp shards. One day I'll take the time to peel off...

Wow, the figuring on the music stand is beyond awesome. Nice work!

I've struggled with this myself. I've upgraded the motor on my Delta 14" BS and added a riser kit for greater capacity. 3 tpi is good. I have been using 1/2" blades lately but I suspect that 3/8...

I have not tried it, but I always wondered if diluted wood glue would work. I often squeeze wood glue into cracks before drying and it holds them from spreading. Wonder if the surface adhesion...

UC coatings lists the 5 gal. Anchor Seal classic for $92, free shipping. I didn't check out to make sure it's not too good to be true, but at that price maybe I should.

It's a really pretty bowl, David. I like Catalpa. A friend of mine gave me a couple catalpa blanks. The wood sure does stink, but it's shiny and attractive when sanded.

I also use Anchorseal. Got a 5-gallon bucket delivered a couple years ago. It's almost gone...

Thanks for the photos, John. Love your work.

Really beautiful stuff. I love the cedar. And the patterns on the mahogany foot are fantastic.

I do use a friction chuck and jam chuck for getting the bottom down to a nub at the very end of the process. Simply rounding the edges of the recess is an interesting idea. (The chuck doesn't need...