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  1. Woodturning
    Woodturning Tools I wanted to write about turning tools and sharpening, and that is what this post is about. Keep in mind that there are two main types of woodturning: spindle turning (legs, pens, and other "long" items) and face turning (bowls, platters, etc.). Woodturning tools come in many...
  2. Woodturning
    I recently bought this old lathe. I know zero history, except that it has been stored for the past 10 years, and was only used once in a blue moon before that. The guy I bought it from is a cabinet maker, and rarely turned wood. He owned it for 25+ years. He bought it initially at an estate sale...
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    Bought a Grizzly lathe a few weeks ago. Made about a dozen turns on it and the quill handle stripped out so I can't tighten the tailstock now. Anyone have this issue before and have a fix for it? REAAAALLY don't want to have to have anything machined if I can help it. Live in the sticks and...
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    Rookie mistake. Took it off too soon. My first bowl on my vintage old Delta lathe. The wood is from a black walnut tree that fell in my yard and it’s exquisite. I see so many flaws in it now and want to get it back spinning to do more intense sanding. Is a jam chuck on both sides the only...
  5. Woodturning
    I’m relocating to Abington Township & looking for other woodturners in the area!
  6. Woodturning
    Hey there, I have a PSI Barracuda 2 chuck currently and I’m looking to upgrade. I do a lot of bowl turning and the biggest jumbo jaws available for it only accommodate up to 8.25” bowls. I also don’t like that all of the jaws for it have teeth which mar the foot of my bowls. I have a delta...
  7. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hey there, I’m wanting to buy a set of carbide lathe tools to reduce the amount of time I spend sharpening my tools. I mostly do bowl turning and sometimes spindle turning. What are the best or most highly recommended brand to buy? I know a full set of any of the. Is going to set me back a fair...
  8. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hi all, I hope everyone is enjoying their extra time at home. During my extended "me" time, I started looking through a stack of olive wood I cut down two years ago, and found a cross section with some very interesting markings. I decided to give it a whirl on the lathe, and got very lucky with...
  9. Woodturning
    In your opinion what is the question that a turner novice do more frequently?
  10. Woodturning
    This is my first wood ring: What are you think?
  11. New Member Introductions
    I`m new at this and hope it works!!! Not to computer savvy either!!! Anyway here goes, I have a logging business in central Missouri and i`m looking to start selling wood burls and am desperately looking for information and advice. Also have some good furniture quality timber that I just hate...
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    Do any of you sell them? If so, how? If not what's stopping you? What else do you do with them?
  13. Woodturning
    Hi, Just bought a Jet mini wood lathe with Axminster SK80 Chuck and type C dovetail jaws package. I was wondering if it was possible/advisable to use the chuck WITHOUT the jaws. It seems like this might be convenient for certain situations (for very small tenons- turning bone for example; where...
  14. General Woodworking Discussions
    I keep finding articles on individual woodworking for turnings. What I didn't understand right away was production scale woodturning and how it is possible to churn out a large amount of product and make it look homemade. I wrote this blog post after researching the topic...
  15. Woodturning
    Hello Woodies, I just finished turning my first pedestal. Dimensions are 4''x19''. I really need help with truing/squaring the top and bottom so that my table will stand straight up. as you can see in the picture I have about 3 inches of excess wood on both sides. How do i remove the...
  16. Woodturning
    So I researched how to turn an egg, and successfully turned and finished one from a chunk of cherry. Since then, I have made two more attempts and cannot seam to turn the shape anymore. The main issue? When i get down to the final shape I always have a catch when turning one of the ends (still...
  17. Project Showcase
    Some Mother's Day projects for my wife. A yarn bowl and some crochet hooks. The bowl has 271 pieces and is made from narra, maple, walnut, cherry and mesquite. The crochet hooks are from left to right ironwood, cherry, saguaro, maple, and ebony.
  18. Woodturning
    I wanted to post a couple bottle stoppers I finally completed because the wood was actually purchased on the woodworkingtalk.com classifieds. I responded to PSDKevin about some cherry burl pen blanks, and liked them sooo much I ordered additional stopper blanks within a week or two. So Kevin...
  19. Woodturning
    Art Liestman was a guest at our woodturning club last weekend, and he showed us how he turns multiple pieces at a time to create art that is not round. I kind of want to try this method to see what I can do, but the first step is making a Jig. Has anyone tried this method before or made your...
  20. Woodturning
    Hello all. Im a newbie. Not even gonna try to hide it. Just gonna describe the problem as best i can and hope someone can help me out. So here is the issue. I have a 3450 rpm bench grinder, which i am trying to use to power a tiny, old beat up wood lathe. I have a 2 inch pulley on the...
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