What are you intending to use it for? You may well do better without.
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What are you intending to use it for? You may well do better without.
Using a fixed cup drive center is hardly only for beginners in spindle turning. I frequently use use them for complex spindle turning, precisely because they allow the spindle to slip. I also use...
I've watched John build this, including a couple visits to his shop during the process. The completed chair is even more impressive and imposing when you stand next to it than in photos. It is a...
PM sent about vise
Congratulations! Beautiful. And completed in plenty of time for Christmas dinner.
I have a couple Easy Wood tools from back when they first appeared. I haven't used either in 10 years. FWIW the EW factory is a mile or so from my house.
"Carbide tools" is a near meaningless term...
I use glued waste blocks extensively in turning plates and various other disk sorts of things. I use Titebond. I do not use a paper joint for this (although I do in many other types of glue-ups). I...
It can be pretty but I can't be in the same room with it. I react to it more than walnut. I avoid both.
When it comes to offcenter spindle work, Barbara Dill has it pretty well covered. She has a number of articles and handouts on her website. And her book has even more.
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During archaeological fieldwork in Iran and Iraq in the 1970s, my wife used thin twigs 5-6" long with bark stripped off and no further smoothing. I suppose those may still be somewhere among the...
I have one of these and love it -- I've used several tools for Windsor chair seats. This is by far my favorite.
What John suggests may work. I did stained glass work for about 15 years, but never cut glass tubing nor did I cut bottles. That said, my glass cutting experience suggests that you need a...
I think that perhaps your Schumacher quote is relevant. Simple is good.
Note that these are Oneway jaws and, as far as I know, would work only on either the Oneway Talon or Stronghold chuck. Similar jaws are available for other brands. You would not be able to use this...
Amen! I turn for pleasure, not for sale. If it is not fun, I try turning something else.
Actually you ought to be comparing the PM 4224 (not a 3520) to the AB in terms of specs -- when I checked recently, there was relatively little difference in price (less than $1000 difference...
Walnut shavings should NOT be donated for reuse. It is toxic to animals -- horses in particular -- and contains a natural herbicide so that any plants mulched with it will suffer or die. Isolate...
I've had a 1642 (1.5 hp) for perhaps 15 years. When a used PM 3520 was available, I bought it but kept the Jet. Never did like the PM as well as the Jet on almost every count. Bought my 'last lathe'...
I have had a 1642 (110) for 12-14 years. I love it. At one point, I had an opportunity to buy a used 3520B. I did so, but never liked it as much as the 1642 which I did NOT sell. After a couple...
NOTE - This thread was last posted to more than 10 years ago before these three recent posts requests for a link
Most of the time I've used Kroger's own "All Purpose Ammonia". I can't see any data on concentration. I think once on a jug from ome other store I may have seen 5%. I've gotten very strong darkening....
Closed container is necessary. I use plastic tote boxes of various sizes, depending on the size of the thing to be fumed. Ammonia in several recycled plastic containers. For a large tote, perhaps a...
I fume white oak frequently with household ammonia, with good results. Heartwood darkens far better than sapwood. Red oak does not do nearly as well. There is no need to use ammonia which is any...
I bought a 1642 around 2008; it was my first fullsize lathe. I love it. I bought a used 3520B when I had a chance, but kept the 1642. I never liked the 3520, so when I bought a new lathe, there was...
It was several years after I started turning that I think I first used a facdeplate, and I started with bowls and boxes.