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Thanks to all who responded. I love this hobby and still have a lot to learn.

I was attempting to turn a small plate from a 4/4 cedar board. The cedar board had been air drying in the top of the shop for at least 10 years. After shaping and sanding the bottom of the plate, I...

Richard, I am starting the cut pushing straight in till I’m just below the surface to have a cleaner cut then angling the tool for a shearing cut for the remainder of the cut.

Thank you for the response. I will try another type of wood tomorrow.

I’m trying to make Christmas ornaments out of red oak. I need to make multiple parting cuts for each ornament. I have tried both a diamond shaped parting tool and a thin bladed tool made from a...

My lathe is located in my garage which has concrete floors. When I turn for a few hours, usually on the weekends, my back and feet ache for the rest of the day. I am on my feet most of the day at my...

Today, I got some free time to spend in the shop. Back in October, I rough turned a green piece of oak into a bowl. I stored the blank in a brown paper bag filled with shaving from the rough turning....

Thanks to all who responded. I was able to reduce the wobble by cleaning the spindle threads and blowing out the chuck. Must have had a build up of dust inside the chuck body. This community is a...

I have a barracuda2 chuck that I use with a spindle adapter. Here recently, it has begun to wobble slightly. Everything is screwed together tight. Any suggestions to get the chuck to run true again?...

Thanks to all who responded. After reading some of the ideas of the great brain trust that is "Saw Mill Creek", I believe that the cause of the problem is the tension spring. To answer Jim's...

I have a twenty year old 14-inch Delta clone bandsaw. I am having trouble cutting bowl blanks with it. I have tried new blades for it but the blade wonders around to much. I have maxed out the...

Thanks to all who responded. Fred you were right the trunnion had twisted. I took the saw apart and double checked, no cracked cast iron pieces (I got lucky). MikeinKCMO provided the correct...

I have a General Int left tilt contractors table saw. It has been a great saw. Several weeks ago I had to make a 30 degree cut and was tilting the blade when the tilt adjustment wheel became stiff....

Ken,
Is that a home made cyclone dust collector? If so, what plans did you use.:)