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I'm not doubting your answer Ken, but I have to ask why not in front of a window? Before reading the reply's that is exactly where I would have suggested. I have my mini lathe on a home built...

I have nothing to compare my lathe to, so take this for what it's worth.
I have a Rikon 70-105 mini lathe. It will easily turn anything you mention, and is light enough to move easily. Before...

I'm located in Evanston Wyoming, so your road map may have me going a longer route than necessary, but the desert and spud farms are still part of the trip.

After a little Google investigation I...

Thanks John. I'll try to ID the trees and report back.

In the next week or two I'll be cutting down some trees. I'm no tree expert so I call them pine trees. They are some kind of short needle evergreen tree. They are 30 or more feet tall, and the trunks...

Is this chuck a good one for a mini lathe (Rikon 70-105)? https://www.amazon.com/NOVA-G3-Chuck-30th-Annive/dp/B07CT8N58V/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=wood+lathe+chuck&qid=1616436108&sr=8-8

Does it...

I thought I'd post an update
I bought the Woodcut Tru-Grind jig and bases, along with a Rikon 1/2 HP slow speed grinder. Right now I'm using the white wheels that came with the grinder, and will...

Thanks John. I had about come to the same conclusion yesterday after posting.

I built a base I had intended to mount on the stand with the lathe to attach the grinder to. After dressing the...

I have a Rikon 70-105 mini lathe, and just purchased a Rikon grinder for sharpening the tools.
Right now I use my table saw as a stand/bench to set my lathe on. Not the best thing but it works.
I'm...

In 40 plus years of being an electrician, I have installed thousands of wire nuts. There has been very few times I've twisted the wires prior to installing the wire nut. It is not necessary, and a...

Is 110 VAC typical of your supplied voltage? Can you check voltage at the panel? If you have higher voltage at the panel/breaker, and you are sure there are no other loads on that circuit, you likely...

I'm no expert, and I haven't even stayed at a Holiday Inn Express before, but my experience with any after market AM radio in a vehicle has been a disappointment. I'd look for an OEM radio from a...

Since I hired an Electrician (me) to do the repairs it came out better than I ever thought possible. At least I only paid him what he was worth and not what he thinks he is.
Except where I had to...

Perhaps I should have provided a bit more information about myself. I had a wood shop class in Junior High 50 years ago. My instructor was in his later years of teaching at the time and I'm sure he...

I'm looking for recommendations as to what sharpening system/jig to get to sharpen a basic set of lathe tools.
I have a Robert Sorby 6 piece set with roughing, spindle and bowl gouges, skew, scraper...

I've got to say thanks to this forum for motivating me to pull my guitar from the closet and attempting a repair.
It's not a real valuable guitar, a Signet GA402 I purchased in about 1975 while in...

In my former life (electrician for 40+ years) I replaced hundreds of start capacitors. If you can read the rating on the old capacitor replace it with the same or higher voltage/MFD rated capacitor....