Stephen White
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sounds like you know what you are talking about. Yeah the vent is pulling in airflow from the room (with my top loading kilns that is through the...

yeah I was watching videos of the different ones and wanted the 1/2 and the 1/4 spindle gauge and the other set just has a single 3/8. I get that I...

Just to update, had 2nd thoughts about getting the 6 tool Sorby set and decided to upgrade it to the 8 piece H6542. For $75 more it seems to be worth...

They are not air tight and have the vent holes. Could probably seal one a little better but they are not going to be air tight. The acidic moisture...

you could do that. You can raise it to whatever temp you want and hold it for however long you want. My kilns fire to 2300 degrees over 10-12 hours...

Hey thanks for the response I just grabbed 10 degrees an hour out of thin air. It could start at 90 and be one degree every 2 hours or any other...

Tom, I hope your wrong about that Rikon not being much better than a $300 HF model. I went with the Rikon 70-220 but almost went with the 70-150 and...

but John since I don't know any of that the tool setter tool is probably not a bad thing for me to use until I do, right? The routine you use is...

Alright finally near the end of the tunnel. Have all three Tormek sharpening jigs (186, 110, 50) as well as tool setter gauge and the truing tool....

Ok added the diamond dresser and dropped the tool setter. If that seems to trip me up I can always get one later. Question though do you think...

So if the bench grinder bites the dust would you just get a 2nd wheel for the Tormek? How many minutes/hours of turning would you be able to put...

reading it now, thanks!

done, thanks!

Ok thanks to everyone here I have finalized the first round of tools. Going with a Sorby starter set, the 67HS, 3/4" Spindle Roughing Gouge, 3/8"...

no cole jaws in the pro-tek bundle, the 48293 replaces the 48246 and supposedly has all the old features and some new ones, the old features includes...

OK made a decision on chuck, went with the Nova 48293 pro-tek bundle. It is direct threaded but hoping I wont regret it. John makes a valid point on...

not hard to do right now. I am sure once I start using a lot of this stuff will com into focus. Thanks for the advice though. I see a bundle at...

ha got some power, OK that makes sense. Nova has a G3 chuck and bowl turning bundle with 1x8tpi. I want to start with wine stems and small under...

Not sure about this exchange but I am trying to understand which chuck system is the right one for my Midi with zero thought to using it on any other...

I don't disagree with the advice but my lathe is on its way and with the pandemic I am not doing things like this right now so I am going to go the...

No I think I get it, sounds like carbide certainly has it's place but they are not a good replacement for traditional tools. I was originally hoping...

Thanks, that is exactly what I was trying to figure out. It is hard to separate whether someone that is not a carbide fan is exaggerating the lack of...

bummer was hoping carbide was an easy way to get started and deal with sharpening later. Sounds like that wasn't your experience.

Nope, didn't know enough about turning to know I needed one. Sounds like carbide would be a quick option to push that decision down the road a bit. I...

ha ha, no I don't need the extension. I got the Midi because its the size I wanted but it is nice that if I ever want to do longer stuff such as...