Good points. I might still ask at my local glass shop, just out of curiosity (especially since there isn't any large craft supply stores anywhere in my area), but you're right, I doubt they'd go...
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Good points. I might still ask at my local glass shop, just out of curiosity (especially since there isn't any large craft supply stores anywhere in my area), but you're right, I doubt they'd go...
I like both of those. The edge treatment on the "cube" bowl is a nice touch, compliments the non-traditional shape very well. And the dyed rim on the platter makes a frame which draws the eye in...
Don't know about the pulleys, but you might want to consider keeping the traditional sheaves and running a link belt: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=30051&cat=1,240,41067 I used one of...
Those little mirrors look good.
As for supply, you should be able to get round mirrors at any glass shop, custom cut to any size you want. Or, if you're OK with plastics, you can get Plexiglas...
Thank you, for clarifying my point.
This is probably the best advice so far.
And, my apologies...as a relatively new member of this forum, I hadn't realized that the value of a member's...
I think you might be surprised...my old, cheap Teknatool with the half-horse Baldor actually hogged stuff out pretty good, and I could pull some pretty big shavings (especially in green wood). ...
I really like that. Good form, sweet curve, the thickness suits the piece, and...hmmm...my wife was just talking to me last night about doing some "Zentangle" pyrography on some of my pieces. ...
I put my photos on a separate photo-hosting site (I use one that's associated with my internet service provider, but there are lots out there). It's free, and once they're on there, I can put 'em up...
Not long, really. I use sharp tools and cut, not scrape. Also, I geared the lathe down to raise the torque. Once the outside was turned round (and that was always the hard/slow part, truing up the...
It'll be fine. I turned for a decade with only a ½ hp motor on my lathe, and did bowls and platters up to 18" diameter with it. Yeah, you'll be able to bog it down, but that'll teach you to keep...
Envy. It lives here.:D
Ah, but you ARE being an "artist." This kind of experimentation ("exploring the form," in artspeak) is a big part of visual art. Most "artists" just want to have some fun and satisfy their desire...
Wow, there's a lot of information in some of these posts.
Personally, I'll use either tenon or recess, with a fair part of my decision based on design--whatever's going to be easiest to clean up...
i like that...a lot!
OK, I liked the first version, but (like you) I felt there was something "off" about the proportions. Now, I love the second version with the short pedestal!
As for working through the design...
IMO, a good chuck is the best investment you can make in your lathe. Check out Oneway (they sell great toolrests, too!)
Yeah, don't be afraid to contact a small local machine shop. They do this kind of stuff all the time. Just take in the broken parts.
1" is a very common size for tool rest posts, so you have...
Yup, aftermarket tool rest. What, exactly, broke on the banjo?
Is it just me, or is this guy kinda missing the point?
I've wanted a VB36 for years, because it's a bowl lathe. Alas, doubt I'll ever be able to justify one...
Very nice piece!
I think photos are important--my main regrets regarding the work I did before I stopped turning some years ago are that I don't have enough, or at least enough good, photos. I...
Beautiful, and a very classic form.
Don't know that I'm sold on high gloss finish, either...I prefer a minimalist finish, myself.
Have you phoned General? Pretty easy to get a "real person" there (and they speak French too!). The guy you get may or may not know the answer, but if not he can ask someone who does.
(BTW, the...
In my "Hello" thread, I posted a pic of myself at the lathe--wearing an Airmate system very much like the one John Thorson linked to above. You wear the battery powered filter/blower unit on a waist...
Yeah, cheap offshore stuff...for some things, it's OK, but not for others. But of course almost everything is made "offshore" these days, and not all of it is junk. You just gotta figure out which...