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    As other posters have pointed out a table saw...

    As other posters have pointed out a table saw isn't needed for most Turner's. I do have an old delta cabinet saw in my shop that is used to set stuff on except for once or twice a year when I have to...
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    It's been some time since I've posted here but...

    It's been some time since I've posted here but the subject is one I can add to. I have had my work in a local shop for many years now and was happy to sale 3 or 4 items each year which has been the...
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    I like your pot calls. What do your strikers look...

    I like your pot calls. What do your strikers look like?
    Jack
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    I been lucky not to do this but a few times in my...

    I been lucky not to do this but a few times in my time turning, but I do hate it when one turns the inside dia. larger than the outside dia. I just doesn't work well at all.
    Jack
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    I have turned a bit of Osage that was a gift from...

    I have turned a bit of Osage that was a gift from a fellow turner and a bunch that I bought. The wood pictured is Osage. Every piece I've turned, turns me and my lathe yellow. My students use to say...
  6. I have used a tormek to sharpen my bowl and...

    I have used a tormek to sharpen my bowl and spindle gouges for the last 8 years and love the edge it gives me. It does take some time to put the first edge on the tools, but takes only seconds to...
  7. Mike, Will you be able to turn 36" legs on a...

    Mike, Will you be able to turn 36" legs on a short bed lathe? By the time you put a spindle between centers it takes almost all the bed on my 1640 to turn a 36" spindle.
    Jack
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    Daryl, I use an old grain shovel to clean most of...

    Daryl, I use an old grain shovel to clean most of it up and then use a shop vac. The shovel is next to the door in the picture. James I had already put them in paper bags to dry.
    Jack
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    The resiult of turning large bowls

    I roughed out a few 16" x 6" bowls today to start drying. Just thought some might like to see what happens when one turns 4 large bowls. My chicken lot and dog lot got a new supply of shavings today....
  10. Mike, when I bought my lathe it was the only...

    Mike, when I bought my lathe it was the only brand of high end lathe available made in North America , that I knew of anyway. I look at my lathe as if it is two lathes in one. Inboard one has a top...
  11. I do have a banjo for both inboard and outboard...

    I do have a banjo for both inboard and outboard side of my lathe. The outboard has a 24" swing so the taller outboard banjo allows one to use the same tool rest for both ends of the lathe. The...
  12. I have owned a OneWay 1640 for around 8 years now...

    I have owned a OneWay 1640 for around 8 years now and love it. I have the outboard attachment that makes it a wonderful short bed lathe for bowls. I have the tailstock end angled toward the wall in...
  13. I would love to have legs that adjust at the...

    I would love to have legs that adjust at the touch of a button. It would be great to be able to raise the lathe up several inches to free hand hollow on HF's and lower it for the rest of ones...
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    Ted, The mouth pieces are all made of red cedar....

    Ted, The mouth pieces are all made of red cedar. The white ones are from the sap wood area of the tree. Red cedar tends to have enough oil in it to help make it stable even when becoming moist from...
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    They are used for locating male turkey's during...

    They are used for locating male turkey's during turkey season as well as for hunting crows. I sell most of them to an online store that sells crow hunting items. I make my own mouth piece which takes...
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    A murder of crow calls

    Started on these this weekend and finished them up today. I've spent every free minute I had this week to get 41 crow calls turned out.
    Jack...
  17. At what RPM are you turning your spindle? The...

    At what RPM are you turning your spindle? The vibration could be due to turning with your chuck at high rpm's. Just a thought.
    Jack
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    I would think if you cut them into round blanks...

    I would think if you cut them into round blanks that they would be reduced in weight enough to be much easier to manage or ship. You can either wax or seal up with plastic wrap to prevent checking...
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    Great looking wood. I would love to see a HF...

    Great looking wood. I would love to see a HF turned from it as well as the beautiful bowls you already have there. I know a guy that is real close to Upstate S.C. that turns a HF ever once in a...
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    I use a burner on all my bowls and HF's, but use...

    I use a burner on all my bowls and HF's, but use a fine tip pen made for scrap booking on my turkey calls and small items. One can write very neatly with them and the ink will not bleed when one...
  21. One could also find a bolt that fit into the 7/8"...

    One could also find a bolt that fit into the 7/8" hole and cut it to length.
    Jack
  22. I turned hundreds of crow calls using a drill...

    I turned hundreds of crow calls using a drill chuck in the head stock of my lathe to hold a homemade mandrel without the use of a draw bar. To best seat the taper into the head stock use a dead blow...
  23. On occasion I still do flat work, but it is...

    On occasion I still do flat work, but it is because I have to. I turn because I want to. As far as which one takes more skill that is like comparing apples to oranges. At their highest level they...
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    When buying a Jacobs chuck make sure you order...

    When buying a Jacobs chuck make sure you order one that is for holding drill bits. I have one that is for drilling and another that is for holding dowel rods. The one for dowel rods would only work...
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    Pine is OK to learn how to turn spindles on the...

    Pine is OK to learn how to turn spindles on the lathe. Try to avoid pieces with knots if possible. If you get to where you can turn it clean for spindle work just about any hardwood will be much...
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