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I made a little jig for my Oland-type bits. I like to grind them "face down" so as to get a burr. I do the bigger flat Sorby-type bits by hand directly on the tool rest. (I remove them from the tool...

May as well boil this back to the surface: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?74789-Is-all-M2-steel-created-equal

I've never turned any OO. I guess it's hard? I guess marblewood might work, too?

I just JBWelded (any putty-type epoxy will do) a 1/8" x 1/2" piece of 1018 low-carbon steel onto the tool rest. (You should harden it as it is usually sold annealed.)

1018 is softer than HSS or...

I looked around and didn't see any jumping off the pages.

If I absolutely, positively had to have one soon, I'd make it.

If you have something like a Woodcraft "Pro Live Center Set" you could...

I use brass compression nuts to make ferrules for small tools. Turn them down with a parting tool. See attachment.

I've turned some old bronze boat-propellor shafts--mostly faced them off or...

You have to leave room in your shop for tailstock Jacobs chucks. If you have self-ejecting tailstocks you'll need one MT chuck for each size drill bit you regularly use if you do vases, HFs, mills,...

That's beautiful. Nice blend of color and texture. Does the light filter into the glass chips as the candles burn down?

I have a similar form with a Japanese Ikebana Kenzans flower arranger...

I had the same thing happen to some big wet black walnut blanks. I stopped everything and Anchorsealed the end grain of the remaining blanks that hadn't yet cracked (two coats) and waited about a...

I didn't like paying $12-13 for those tips, so I started making mine out of O-1 high-carbon steel*. A lifetime supply costs about $20. Now I can grind to my heart's content. I always--as in every...

I use the higher-temperature formula sticks in an Arrow Power Shot Thermogrip cordless gun. Needs to preheat for about five minutes. My next batch of sticks will be the ones that are 7 or 8 inches...

There are a bunch of ways. I like to used "waste blocks" that have been drilled and tapped to fit the lathe spindle. This means I can keep a piece ready to go back on the lathe without needing a...

This thread went around a while ago.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?150258-hot-glue

I've abused a lot of hot melt used for waste blocks, but never after an alcohol soak. I'll test...

I'm putting together a new dishwasher panel to go in my 20-year-old cherry kitchen. Obviously the new cherry is 50 shades lighter than the old (which was finished with catalyzed lacquer, but not...

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Hickory (along with it's relatives') bark is generally awesome, including the bark on the roots. For it I use an acid brush and apply high-gloss Wipe-On-Poly right down into the bark edge. Do it...

The principal advantage of HCS over HSS is that if you cook it on the grinder (c'mon, who does that?:eek:), you can fix it. All it takes is a propane torch, a small magnet to test that you are above...

Spax. http://www.spax.com/usa/

I've never tried it until the piece was round, but OK after that. In this post, http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?154898-Pine-Galls-A-Preview... the pic on the left (scroll down a few posts...

If it isn't obvious from the start (is it ever?) which end should be the top, the only thing I DON'T do is screw on a faceplate*. If, unlike what you're showing here, the piece is small, I start out...

I'd do a big open-style bowl so you could see as much of nature's artwork as possible, ala Rude Osolnik.

This is when you really need a McNaughton... Tough to turn much of that into waste.
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For anyone thinking about getting a compressor to run some of these things, here's my experience: It takes a good-size compressor if you're going to run high speed.

I have this Sioux pencil...

Forged brass flare nuts work pretty good. Turn the handle so the nut screws on tight. After it's on, you can take a parting tool and make it round and trim the end. Then drill the handle for the tool...

If you think you need to cut steel:eek: in the chuck threads, buy a real tap. Wholesale Tool has them on page 43 http://www.wttool.com/index/page/static/subpage/catalog_viewer_cutting_tools in a line...

Doesn't taste like it...