Thomas, you wouldn't be the first. Enjoy, and I consider it a compliment.
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Thomas, you wouldn't be the first. Enjoy, and I consider it a compliment.
This is about 9 in across. It's Mango with a lacquer finish.
Just a little natural edge cherry burl hollow form with a lacquer finish.
Completely self taught can be painful. Join a club, find a mentor, and do lots of research. Utube has loads of videos. If you try it on your own there will probably be a lot of frustration too, which...
saw your piece and it is beautiful...Once again the URL for WOW is not working..Anyone else having this problem?
When turning green woods, sometimes your hands turn black...Soap does not remove it...Keep a bottle of cheap lemon juice near where you wash up and squirt a little on them...Walla, clean...
I don't know if there is any relationship..It was defined to me as "silky oak", with an Australian counterpart..Personally I stay away from all oak..It makes me sneeze...And the splinters hurt..
I had the Stubby 750...The turntable rotates and allows the banjo to work both sides of a large turning..As a matter of fact it comes with two banjos..the other task I used it for was captured...
Pls wear a respirator..I had a good friend (George Snyder,RIP) who was a parapalegic confined to a chair and was a great turner and machinist..After days of turning this stuff with no reaction, one...
This is a variation of the one I saw in an aaw mag article a fews yrs ago..A friend, Carl Snyder came up with it..Works great...
Can you put a link up to the gizmo...I couldn't find it..Thanks,Rick
You might search AAW mags for helpful hints..A few years ago a friend of mine, Carl Snyder, did a hint on a home made log lift ramp that he devised..Works like a charm and anyone can build one...
yes that would be sacrilegious..Have fun
From the looks it's hard to tell exactly what it is..Pls send sample piece or two and I'll let you know how it "turns" out...lol
do you use a captive hollowing system???
do you use them with a captured Hollowing system? There are two kinds listed and one appears much shorter to the transition from vertical to horizontal. That is the one I'm asking about..Thanks,Rick
Will the Robust Tool Rest solve the problem on the jet 1642 of allowing the 3/4 boring bars to be centered with a captured system?
I have recently started back into woodturning after a 3 yr hiatus..Can someone tell me if wow s is still active and how to get back on it if it's there...I was on it yrs ago but will probably have to...
Thanks for the comments..That pic is just a camera phone...Still trying to figure out the uploading process on this forum..The "circles" are actually a palm dowel inserted into a mahogany dowel and...
8in diameter palm box with Mahogany lid and bottom..Legs and attachment are all palm too..
Hi Kathy,
Now you've done it...You gotta buy a little Beret and call yourself an artiste....Congratulations, I remember how my ego soared when I sold my first piece in a show...Keep up the great...
west system epoxy with a filler and black coloring...It will look great..
add a collar...ala Jacque Vessery
I hate to add to your worries about movers..I had a nationally recognized and allegedly reputable mover move me...I had a large amt of cash go missing during the loading, had the police out to search...