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Today, 10:25 AM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread upsize motor on Laguna lathe in Turner's Forum

I agree with you completely John.... I certainly don't want to hijack it any further....no more replies on the matter from me.....

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Yesterday, 10:40 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread upsize motor on Laguna lathe in Turner's Forum

I remember just looking at this complaint..... dustin wassner dustin wassner is offline Member Join Date Feb 2017 Location Rochester,...

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Yesterday, 5:10 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread upsize motor on Laguna lathe in Turner's Forum

Funny..... I've only seen one minor complaint about Laguna lately compared to a never ending stream of Grizzly complaints....

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02-12-2019, 7:18 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Tired of cleaning varnish brushes? in Project Finishing

I have used pieces of folded over cheesecloth with WOP for finishing bowls ever since I heard of it (was using a brush and varnish). I've also used...

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02-10-2019, 9:56 AM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Want to build a Canoe but clueless about boats in Boat Building

When I built mine (pictures on page 1)... I went to a lumber supplier outside of Toronto. They had huge buildings to store wood indoors and let me...

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02-07-2019, 6:31 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Does anyone know where I can get one of these? in Design Forum

Closest I could find is here... https://www.etsy.com/market/batwing_drawer_pulls

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02-07-2019, 5:24 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Oneway Bowl Steady wheels in Turner's Forum

Thanks for the replies...but no one has mentioned the bearings..am I to assume that all roller blade wheels have the same size bearing and that will...

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02-06-2019, 10:34 PM

Barry McFadden started a thread Oneway Bowl Steady wheels in Turner's Forum

Does anyone know what size the wheels are on a Oneway Bowl Steady? I have one and would like to replace the wheels which are wearing. Oneway wants...

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02-02-2019, 3:07 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Reliability of mortise on bowl in Turner's Forum

When I glue a piece on the bottom I always make it a tenon and the chuck grips it all the way around....

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02-01-2019, 9:30 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Laguna in Turner's Forum

I'll agree that in the past their reputation for CS was not good.... ask anyone here how it's been in the last few years and I think you'll see there...

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02-01-2019, 3:52 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Laguna in Turner's Forum

I have a Laguna Revo and for a couple of minor issues they resolved it very quickly and same thing for other Laguna owners that I've read about on...

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01-26-2019, 3:50 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Revo Issues in Turner's Forum

The only issue I had with mine is the "bounce back " of the locking levers.... the one on the tool rest has stopped doing it and locks fine now. On...

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01-26-2019, 9:43 AM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Radial arm vs miter saw in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I've had a Craftsman 12" radial arm saw for about 30 years and wouldn't be without it. As Steve said it's great for ripping if you need to as well as...

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01-24-2019, 1:11 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Slow PC in Off Topic Forum

You may want to try a SSD. When I was running Win XP on an older computer it was taking about 7 1/2 minutes to boot up. When I switched to a SSD the...

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01-19-2019, 7:20 PM

Barry McFadden replied to a thread Prescription drug pricing insanity in Off Topic Forum

I just got my 90 day supply of Crestor (not a generic brand) and it cost me 68 cents....

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