On smaller items like handles, pens, and boxes I do a vacuum applied poly finish. I place the item in a can of finish weighted down so that it is fully submerged. I then put the can into my vacuum...
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On smaller items like handles, pens, and boxes I do a vacuum applied poly finish. I place the item in a can of finish weighted down so that it is fully submerged. I then put the can into my vacuum...
My dust collector was way too tall for my shop so I cut a hole in the loop and dug down a couple feet and poured a new floor. Was sure to add enough room to slide the barrel out from under the...
Sorry about the upside down pictures. Don’t know why three of them did that.
John. I think the muted color was also partly that the transtint dye was just not as bright as the Artisan dye. I want...
Well I turned the blank that I used transtint dye mixed into water and then processed with vacuum. I only did blue on one side and green on the other. I did let the blank dry for several days. It did...
Wow great work. Very artistic. I’ve not tried carving on a bowl yet.
I am experimenting with transtint mixed with water on a blank now. I’m finding that the wood makes a huge difference on how the dye is adsorbed. The spalted wood seems to do the best. I will turn the...
It is 3/4” plexiglass or lexan, I can’t remember. There are two O rings in grooves in the flange at the top of the chamber that the plexiglass sits on. Once it starts pumping down you’ll can’t budge...
Here are what the blanks look like before and after dyeing.
I have a Gast oil less vacuum pump that will pump down to about 25” (I’m at 1680’ above sea level). The vacuum chamber I have is an old industrial unit that is made up of 3/4” stainless steel. 11...
As far as dyeing with vacuum I turn my blanks round an just a little bigger than what I want my finished product to be. I then put dye in a container lay the blank long ways in the dye. I use enough...
I haven’t turned in several years (or posted here) but started turning some small boxes. Here is one that I finished up today. I dyed the rough blank before turning it using a vacuum chamber and also...
I saw once where someone was turning a small sailboat mast maybe 20' or so. They took the tail rest off the lathe and clamped it to a table across the shop and rigged up a freestanding toolrest (like...
Dennis
i feel your pain. my L5/S1 disk is almost completely gone and have a couple more in bad shape. Had pain for over 30 years. Hope yours gets better!
Here is what I got accomplished this...
Thanks all for the advise! When he gets ready to sell I will get him to list it here also. He does have a wide assortment of turning tools, faceplates, two stronghold chucks, live centers and other...
I am helping a friend that is selling off all his old woodworking equipment and he has asked me for help in pricing things. Most I can come up with a price but he does have a very nice Variturn...
Roger my wife has had a lot of trouble with plantar facscia and I ended up making a small ramp she can sit next to the wall and when she gets up in the morning she will stand on it and it stretches...
Wow that looks great David. The finished product will be impressive. my late brother use to build telescopes and left me a 12 1/2" Dobsonian. It does have a purchased Focuser on it thought. The...
Don
I have built two over the years. Both from kits and were the stich and glue type. One kit came from Chesapeake Light Craft and the other from Pigmy boats. Both were fairly easy to build and...
I use a camera when hollowing instead of a laser and built this open top steady to address the problem of the steady being in the way of the camera
I use one I put together myself using a small video camera and a TV. Love it and would not go back to a Laser!
Joe
I have the G0766 and felt it was a little too tall. Thought about building a platform to stand on but really didn't like that idea. Finally hit on the idea to build a storage cabinet under it...
Thanks all!
Hal, That is a camera I got from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OFVGIF6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00) What I like about it is that it has good focus...
Well I decided that since I was doing a presentation at my next turning club on hollowing with a video camera that I should make a little better mount for the camera and get rid of the rubber bands!...
count me in also! Thanks!
count me in please!