I got rid of the foot pedal and bought a good router speed control unit to control the speed. A little practice on some scrap wood and you will soon learn what speed works for you. The foot...
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I got rid of the foot pedal and bought a good router speed control unit to control the speed. A little practice on some scrap wood and you will soon learn what speed works for you. The foot...
If you search Google "Eugen Schlaak miniature tart press video", you will find that he used a "semaphore jig", It is basically a set of arms that drop down as a certain size is reached. There is...
I made a rig like this one for the same project. Drill Guide (davidreedsmith.com)
Peter Blair gave you the answer, look at the jig in this link for the picture. My most sophisticated jig yet | The International Association of Penturners
A set of linear rails with a router...
Dale Maxim posted a sphere maker that doubled as a duplicator back in 2013. His was made of aluminum, but for this project, glued up hardwood such as maple will work, at least it did for my project....
We made scoops like that in shop class in 1962. The jaws were made out of maple. AS to buying a set of jaws like that, search for pipemakers tooling, the smoking kind of pipes out of briar. The...
I bought the other brand in bulk from widget supply to make wire inlay knives. I then cut off all about 1/2 of the knife handle, and used the discarded part as a mandrel in my collet chuck. Drill a...
We really need to what lathe do you have, to make sure a suggestion will work with your lathe.
Not sure if this will work, but first find some numbers of the Craftsman tube lathes. Check to see if you can find the part number for each one. My guess is that they all used mostly the same...
Check on the online fleamarket, there is one guy on Micjigan that sells parts, goes by "dont??? " or something like that.
I have redone a few old piece of equipment including a few lathes. Most likely you only have scratches, you just need to remove the high spots, a 2MT reamer can cost between $10 and $30 plus...
First furnish a pic of what you want to do, after a solution is decided next take it to a real hardware store and ask them if they have a nut that will fit.
In 1961 I saw a similar looking skew in. Spain, it was in the market place where a man was turning toy tops. Whne I told my shop teacher about it, he decided the class needed to make a field trip to...
A company called Ronson makes a kockoff of the Starrett brand of spring loaded center punch. I have one for a few years.
Harbor Freight makes the same punch, looks almost like the Starrett, but...
Glue up a stack of EVA foam and turn to shape with a sharp round nose chisel.
I use maple with a mineral oil and beeswax mix for the finish. In a microwave safe container I added a bottle of minerla oil from the pharmacy about a half ounce bar of beeswax, nuked it a little to...
His ball turning jig is explained here. https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?189479-Im-looking-for-Sphere-Ball-jig-plans
Look for bicycle valve stem lights. I forget the thread size, but a Google will find you a tap and die. The valve stem caps light up with movement and have replaceable batteries.
To make I use...
What you want is a jig like this one. http://www.davidreedsmith.com/articles/drillguide/drillguide.htm
Or just sit it in the drill press table and rotate to whatever axis you want. But if you want...
Here is the "ultimate" version of power cutting a sphere, but for lapidary work. http://www.hplapidary.com/en/highland-park-three-head-high-speed-production-sphere-machine-with-13-hp-110v-motors ...
I made one like this. https://www.woodworkersinstitute.com/wood-turning/techniques/beginners-guides/woodturners-guide-series/sphere-turning-jig/
Just follow the picture tutorial.
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This is the cell phone holder I use, it can be moved easily, but does not move on it's own. As stated above I have a gallon milk jug that I have duct taped as my collector. $4.2 plus...
I use the 3 jaw chuck on my metal lathe to grip the Beall collet chuck body, no problem with run out,and mine is a Chinese mini metal lathe.
I use a flexible cell phone holder with a clip like this. ...
If the hats are turned separately and the snowmen are not turned using an offset method. I would use a modified mandrel as a spur drive using a 3/8" hole in the bottom of the snowman. Then after...