Love the Osprey's for fine finish work. The Hercules is a great tool for roughing out just about anything. Heck, you can turn a patio block round with it if you want. I haven't done it but Mike...
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Love the Osprey's for fine finish work. The Hercules is a great tool for roughing out just about anything. Heck, you can turn a patio block round with it if you want. I haven't done it but Mike...
I turn lots of hard and brittle woods including verawood, lignum vitae, ziricote. cocobolo, blackwood, locust, koa etc. etc. etc. When I am hollowing them I use a Hunter #5 straight and a Hunter #5...
Brad, you don't mention the size but one of Mike Jackofsky's Hollow-Pro tools with the small negative rake Hunter carbide cutters will make it much easier to deal with hard wood. The No.1- 7/32"...
As I said before I hope everyone gets what they wanted and ends up with a satisfactory product. Congratulations to everyone who bought a new lathe.
I have both Super Nova II and Vicmarc chucks and use the same key for both when tightening.
The Vicmarc is a fabulous chuck and the company sells inserts to fit virtually every lathe.
In my...
Never really seen any black snow but yellow snow, that is another matter. I am not building anything from yellow snow.:p
Nice work, David. I like the shapes and they are beautifully finished. It seems that yarn bowls of this size are about the standard. Is there a reason why? I have lots of needlewomen friends and...
I am lucky in that I have access to a Klingspor store and I can buy Klingspor gold by the pound. It is a wonderful cloth backed sandpaper. I also use woven pads.
The important thing about using...
I haven't been able to save up enough to afford one of those gasoline powered chainsaws. I am still using this model.
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Of course you don't need much of a chainsaw when your lathe looks...
Tom, I use the #1 Hunter swan neck tools for small items which I want to hollow or undercut. You could also consider the Hunter #3 swan neck tool if you need a little more reach. I use these...
The best thing to do with poison ivy is get far away from it. I have started to itch and break out just reading this thread.
Please pass the calamine and ivy dry!
I have a Jet 1014 without the extensions that I have been using for close to 8 years for just pens. I run it wide open all the time and it has never given me a moments trouble.
Like someone else...
When it is taken off the lathe the foot will make it appear heavy. The piece would look better without a foot. Stability is not much of an issue if the bottom is turned to 1/3 or the maximum...
Just Google Hunter Tool Systems. You can order them directly from the manufacturer and there are videos on the site to show you how to use them.
I routinely turn boxes up to 4 inches in diameter and as deep as 6 inches. The design of the box determines which tools to use.
I use a detail gouge ground to about 45-50 degrees to do the rough...
You can probably fix that problem with a few sand bags. :p
Sears sells a set of plastic strap wrenches similar to an oil filter strap wrench. The smaller one in the set works well for me for small items like bottle stoppers.
Make sure your pilot hole is...
Lacquer would be my choice for the holly to preserve the whiteness. I know nothing about what will happen when lacquer and the coral inlace meet.
Testing is definitely the way to go.
I unplug every tool in the shop when I leave. My lathe stays unplugged until I mount something on it.
I do a lot of hollowing of end grain with a spindle gouge ground to a bevel of 45-50 degrees. With the center of the flute aligned with the center of the wood all you have to do is slightly raise...
Woodturning is easy. First you mount a piece of wood between the pointy things on the lathe called centers. Then you take a chisel with a deep U-shape and beat the wood until it is round. It helps...
I made some of those pull string tops when my son was younger. I also made a few throw tops which were definitely more exciting if the kid loses control when they throw.
Good stuff, Jim!
When I bought my Stubby I could hardly wait to turn some of the big bowl blanks I had been saving until I got a lathe large enough. The Stubby has two configurations, the standard bed position...
Glenn Lucas turns several thousand bowls per year. He is pretty quick. I have watched him rip wood from a bowl blank using a 3/4" bowl gouge with a 1" sweep on the flute so fast that the wood was...
You cannot round up your turning blank with your tool rest no matter how sharp it is.:rolleyes: