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Check with Bob at https://www.frugalvacuumchuck.com/home.html His approach is inexpensive, functional and very flexible. You can get the pieces from him to "roll your own" to suit your...

You'll LOVE the AB! Check this thread from last month:

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?305868-Holding-and-Positioning-Your-Dust-Hood


The solution I used on my AB is about half way...

Jim,
Here's a couple more pics-- the all thread slides in an oversized hole so the hood can be positioned at any location perpendicular to the lathe bed. When the hood isn't needed just release the...

OK, I know I'll get heat for a clean shop--we just got back from a little trip and I had cleaned up before we left. It will have chips on the floor shortly.

This is a work in process, needs a few...

Awesome tips! Thanks!

AND, Excellent workmanship on an interesting chunk of wood.

Gary

I used a Jameison system at a friends to hollow a couple medium sized vases then tried the Bosch at another friend's shop. To me, the Bosch is simpler to set up/tear down and just felt easier to use....

I cringe when applying my arthritic scrawl onto one of my freshly turned gems. Maybe a laser is the answer.

Gary

Cleaned the spindle and chuck mating faces. Checked both chucks without jaws using the vertical rod from a dial indicator base instead of the drill bit. It rolled smoothly across the cast iron table...

Thanks for your thoughts.

Gary

It's the same jaws on two different chucks with the same results.

The jaws are sequenced correctly and are a set which I bought new at Rockler maybe five years ago. It's the only set of these jaws...

I started to turn some knobs today, put a piece of blackwood that I had turned round between centers in the pin jaws on my Nova G3. Right away I noticed a lot of runout on the piece. It's been ages...

Oh my!!

Gary

The moving/disassembly instructions on the Robust site are pretty specific. The lathe was ordered with the limit switch disconnect so all I have to do electrically is un-wire the motor, then re-wire...

Brain fade. I do have the correct tap.

Thanks, Gary

Thanks for your thoughts. I have hired professional movers, just hoping to make their task safer for them and the headstock, the basement entry isn't the easiest to navigate I've ever seen. Both will...

Have a new lathe on order so will need to lug a 3520 up the steps of my basement shop and lug an American Beauty down :). Robust recommends putting a faceplate on the spindle as a "handle" to provide...

Wa Hoo! I have an AB on order!! Thank heavens our drain field is working ;)

Gary

Brice,
Picked up two bottles yesterday, going to douse the blocks today.

Gary

The oven would be a good solution but there's no way I'm even broaching the subject of putting live critters in the oven--my sweetie is awesome but even she has limits. Will deal with these guys with...

Thanks Maurice and Paul,
Boric acid looks like a winner--non toxic to humans and pets. Hopefully Tractor Supply will have it in liquid form so I can spray the blocks as well as everything in the...

Had a dying birch taken down in our yard about 6 weeks ago, cut into 2' chunks, sealed with anchor seal then stored in a shed until I could get time to turn. Cut the first chunk in half, then...

Email en route,

Gary

Thank you Lawrence! Love the creativity in your piece.

Gary

Dave,
The workbench story is just too cool, especially the tattoo!!

Gary

Wonderful work. I like the plain, simple but elegant shapes that let the gorgeous wood take center stage.

At the risk of showing less than stellar work, here's the latest piece from the lathe.
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