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    Hello Check out the forum on tinboats.net. It...

    Hello

    Check out the forum on tinboats.net. It might give you some ideas, lots of info in the modification part.

    I haven't been on it in years but it used to be a pretty active forum.

    Have...
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    Thanks Steve. I'll look around about removing...

    Thanks Steve. I'll look around about removing the exif stuff. Yes, the inside and out side don't match. The bowl started out as a blank that I messed up by drilling the hole too big for the screw...
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    First bowl! (at least I'm claiming it)

    Finally done what I'm calling my first bowl.

    I'm not real happy with the shape but the guy giving me some pointers and initial cuts kind of locked me into the shape.

    They sure look bigger on tv...
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    This time of year I wish I lived a little further...

    This time of year I wish I lived a little further south for some nicer weather but I'm up here in Illinois just west of Peoria.

    I don't think my boxer dogs would survive a long trip. (one of them...
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    I've seen similar on the net and liked the idea...

    I've seen similar on the net and liked the idea but I just used the ferrule because I bought a kit mainly for the longer walnut blank it had. Do you make yours for sale?

    It looks like you have it...
  6. I see what you mean about the upside down one. I...

    I see what you mean about the upside down one. I hadn't noticed when I placed them out. Handle is shorter even and where the tang meets the handle looks like the others on the left. The second one...
  7. Well, I got to see my buddy that I hadn't seen...

    Well, I got to see my buddy that I hadn't seen in awhile and the calipers will work after some wire wheeling plus I have something to practice my sharpening on and the price was right. So I'm going...
  8. What are they? I think I know just not 100%

    A friend of mine gave me a box of chisels because he knew I just got a lathe.

    Said they were his father-in-laws and he knew his fil had a lathe but knew nothing about these chisels. My friend had...
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    I was able to save the ferrule. I have pipe too...

    I was able to save the ferrule. I have pipe too I'd just bought this kit because I wanted my first good bowl gouge (thompson) to look good. Now I can make me a nice black walnut file handle or...
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    I think that's what I'm going to do because I'll...

    I think that's what I'm going to do because I'll always know the crack is there and it'll bug me.

    Maybe I'll get lucky and can save the ferrule.

    Thanks
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    Help, need a quick opinion.

    New turner and was making my first handle for my thompson bowl gouge.

    It was a kit from one of the stores online, anyway I put some epoxy in the drilled hole and must have put to much because the...
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    I haven't getting the desire to drive anywhere...

    I haven't getting the desire to drive anywhere lately. High might have been 5 today says 1 for tomorrow and our big heat wave is next sunday with 31! Time to get out the sunblock.

    Back to the...
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    I do live near Knoxville! Unfortunately it's...

    I do live near Knoxville! Unfortunately it's Knoxville IL.

    Two clubs around. One in the quad cities which is 80 miles away and the other is in Peoria one month then Bloomington the next. 35...
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    ***Raising the dead here*** I ordered the...

    ***Raising the dead here***

    I ordered the raffan book and the foundation course from my usual place, Better world books. Usually they aren't too bad speed wise even with media mail. Anyway, I...
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    You ever read the Harry Bosch novels by Michael...

    You ever read the Harry Bosch novels by Michael Connely?

    A lot of them are set in the parks around L.A.. Kind of neat to see an actual picture of the place after reading about it in a book.
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