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Thread: Turner's elbow?

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    Turner's elbow?

    No, I don't have turner's elbow but I do have a turner's wrist now as the tail stock wasn't far enough away to get my elbow in while buffing a small project.

    When you aren't using it, remove that live center folks!
    Last edited by Ken Fitzgerald; 08-17-2019 at 10:54 PM.
    Ken

    So much to learn, so little time.....

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    Oh the lessons we learn the hard way!!!! Been there.....done that......didn't like it then and it's a sore reminder today.....
    Thanks for the reminder Fitz!!
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    Well hey there Ken!!! Great to see you
    That exact thing happened to me yesterday. I swore to remove my live center every time.....right after I threw it.
    ~john
    "There's nothing wrong with Quiet" ` Jeremiah Johnson

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    Ouch! I've done this too.
    I just had a thought that I should turn a piece to fit over the live center. Or maybe better, a tennis ball slit to fit. It should be able to fit several sizes of live center.
    RD

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    Long ago, I remember a thread about, bringing to mind Jeff Foxworthy, You know you are a woodturner..... If you have a hole in your elbow from the tailstock...... I only did that a couple of times. Having the tilt away on my Robust made that easy to remove...

    robo hippy

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    I feel your pain. Ten years ago after learning this lesson all too often, I kludged this up out of desperation...............

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    Its ugly, but cured my bad habits.
    Dick Mahany.

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    Just as bad is having your forearm slide or bump across a freshly sharpened skew. Not too fun either. Leaves as nice blood trail for the dog to follow.
    My Dad always told me "Can't Never Could".

    SWE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reed Gray View Post
    Long ago, I remember a thread about, bringing to mind Jeff Foxworthy, You know you are a woodturner..... If you have a hole in your elbow from the tailstock...... I only did that a couple of times. Having the tilt away on my Robust made that easy to remove...

    robo hippy
    I remember that thread. Good times
    ~john
    "There's nothing wrong with Quiet" ` Jeremiah Johnson

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    basically turners elbow, shoulder, wrist, and hand are the reason i got out of turning
    couldnt deal with not sleeping due to the burning pains down my right side

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    I bought a Jet 10-15 Mini Lathe a couple of years ago. I rebuilt it and could not find an extension for it. I finally got an Excelsior from Rockler and it worked but I had to drill new holes. The reason I wanted the extension was not to turn long spindles but to get the tail stock out of the way when I was turning on the end of something. I have a Nova 16-44 and I bought the extension with the hinge for that very same reason. I move the tail stock on to the extension and can then use the hinge to move it even farther back and point in the opposite direction. I could use the extension for longer spindles but I am just happy to get the tail stock further away. Ouch! Son of a Gun, I did it again.

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    I turned a wood elbow saver piece to fit over the end of my Oneway live center on my Powermatic 3520B. I usually have the live center extended about 3" to give clearance for banjo. The elbow saver is also useful to use as a non penetrating point to apply pressure to a piece and not have the point hole. I put a yellow tape band around the elbow saver to help find it if it gets knocked off into pile of shavings.

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    Swing away tail stock rocks.

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