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  0 Thread: Handedness on the lathe
Post: RE: Handedness on the lathe
If you are doing mostly spindle work right now, and especially if you are new to turning, I suggest practicing V-cuts, coves and beads with both hands. Do a series of those cuts holding the tool handl...
 EdW Woodturning 9 4,417 11-21-2019, 12:34 PM
  0 Thread: Struggling getting started w/ Bowls
Post: RE: Struggling getting started w/ Bowls
Is there a turning club in your area? Get connected with a club and I'm sure there will be members happy to mentor you in a hands-on fashion.
 EdW Woodturning 16 7,693 12-20-2018, 10:33 PM
  0 Thread: New to wood turning
Post: RE: New to wood turning
Arlin: I turn more hollow forms than bowls, but I use the bowl gouge to get a green log into a cylinder before shaping it.
 EdW Woodturning 19 13,113 04-22-2018, 06:50 PM
  0 Thread: New to wood turning
Post: RE: New to wood turning
When starting out, I think it's important to become facile with three tools; the spindle roughing gouge, the spindle gouge, and the skew chisel. My suggestion is to take a piece of wood about 2" x 2" ...
 EdW Woodturning 19 13,113 04-20-2018, 05:07 PM
  0 Thread: Stone Veneer Around Posts
Post: RE: Stone Veneer Around Posts
Thanks for the feedback.
 EdW Home Improvement 2 1,966 04-20-2018, 03:06 PM
  0 Thread: Stone Veneer Around Posts
Post: Stone Veneer Around Posts
I plan on putting stone veneer on the sides of 8" x 10" doug fir posts on my porch. The timbers were not kiln dried so know they have a high moisture content. Since it's been raining recently in my ar...
 EdW Home Improvement 2 1,966 04-19-2018, 06:42 PM
  0 Thread: Respirator
Post: RE: Respirator
I use one of the 3M Half Mask Respirators (don't recall the model #). Cost about $30. The most important aspect (IMO) is the fit. There should be a good seal around your face so that the air you breat...
 EdW Woodturning 16 8,448 01-01-2018, 10:17 AM
  0 Thread: Put a fan blade on your lathe
Post: RE: Put a fan blade on your lathe
You can use a box fan (the kind that sits on a window sill) with a pleated furnace filter on the inflow side to draw dusty air away from the lathe and filter it. I use one in addition to my dust colle...
 EdW Woodturning 9 6,661 11-22-2017, 05:49 PM
  0 Thread: Star of David
Post: RE: Star of David
Frank - draw the two equilateral triangles that make up the star on the board for the bottom. When you overlay one triangle on the other, make sure that all the dimensions are symmetrical. Clamp a str...
 EdW Woodturning 7 4,900 09-29-2017, 03:36 PM
  0 Thread: Star of David
Post: RE: Star of David
FrankAtl Wrote: (09-27-2017, 02:02 PM) -- My wife is Jewish and I got the crazy idea of making her Mother a bowl or hollow form with a disk at the bottom featuring the Star of David. Has anyone ever ...
 EdW Woodturning 7 4,900 09-27-2017, 10:09 PM
  0 Thread: Floor Nailer for 2 x 6 T & G
Post: RE: Floor Nailer for 2 x 6 T & G
Thanks
 EdW Home Improvement 2 2,316 05-18-2017, 07:00 PM
  0 Thread: Floor Nailer for 2 x 6 T & G
Post: Floor Nailer for 2 x 6 T & G
Does anyone know if a pneumatic flooring nailer exists for 2 x 6 T & G boards? Thanks.
 EdW Home Improvement 2 2,316 05-13-2017, 05:34 PM
  0 Thread: Cracked bowl - teach me
Post: RE: Cracked bowl - teach me
It looks like the pith was still in the bowl blank, which is a common area for cracking to emanate from. When you prepare the logs for bowl blanks, cut them so the pith is not in the blank. If the oth...
 EdW Woodturning 8 4,718 02-01-2017, 09:18 PM
  0 Thread: Home made Vacuum chuck system
Post: RE: Home made Vacuum chuck system
The web site below is a write up by Carl Ford. I built his system; it's very straight forward, with readily available parts. http://www.carlford.info/pages/demos_classes/vaccum_chucks_demo/Vacuum_C...
 EdW Woodturning 4 3,510 07-28-2016, 06:44 PM
  0 Thread: Faceplate screws
Post: Re: Faceplate screws
#12 Pan Head screws fit through my faceplates. I use 1.5" length, and place one in each of the 8 holes in the faceplate.
 EdW Woodturning 8 3,870 03-05-2016, 07:37 PM
  0 Thread: Processing green bowl-blanks - revist
Post: Re: Processing green bowl-blanks - revist
I like Jamison's video but his approach of roughing green wood between centers has never worked for me. Invariably the spur center spins (I have a standard 1", 4 tooth spur bit). Maybe I'm not recheck...
 EdW Woodturning 4 4,072 01-28-2016, 09:42 PM
  0 Thread: Processing green bowl-blanks - revist
Post: Re: Processing green bowl-blanks - revist
Getting the lathe on solid ground, with additional weight, will do a lot to reduce the shake and absorb vibration. In addition, I have found that mounting the blank in a well balanced position before ...
 EdW Woodturning 4 4,072 01-27-2016, 05:25 PM
  0 Thread: Handle for McNaughton Center Saver
Post: Re: Handle for McNaughton Center Saver
I would think you could use any of the handles that you can insert and remove different turning tools. If they can be used, you need one that will accept the diameter (or height of the flat tang) of t...
 EdW Woodturning 4 4,523 11-09-2015, 01:53 PM
  0 Thread: Is Doug Thompson still in business?
Post: Re: Is Doug Thompson still in business?
Needed some info on grinding one of his bowl gouges; spoke with him on the phone yesterday.
 EdW Woodturning 8 6,980 10-08-2015, 08:30 PM
  0 Thread: sharpening question
Post: Re: sharpening question
If it's a bowl gouge, the right wing is most likely on the grinding wheel longer than the left wing. This causes more steel being removed from the right wing, leaving it with the concavity that you se...
 EdW Woodturning 2 4,096 10-08-2015, 08:26 PM

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