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  0 Thread: Homemade scraper
Post: RE: Homemade scraper

hairy Wrote: (07-20-2024, 10:19 AM) -- I didn't make mine. I got a Sorby.  https://www.grizzly.com/products/robert-sorby-heavy-duty-inboard-scraper/h9070?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwO20BhCJARIsAAnTI...
hairy Woodturning 5 1,059 07-21-2024, 06:52 PM
  0 Thread: Homemade scraper
Post: RE: Homemade scraper

MKepke Wrote: (07-18-2024, 08:34 PM) -- Trying to contribute something in my meager way.. ..this is a short explanation of a negative rake scraper I built using a cheap HSS blank (see also thinsha...
hairy Woodturning 5 1,059 07-20-2024, 10:19 AM
  0 Thread: looking for a 15 inch plywood cole chuck
Post: RE: looking for a 15 inch plywood cole chuck

PVW Wrote: (06-24-2024, 07:45 AM) -- anyone here make them? -- I made one, it's not that hard. I don't know the name of the rubber things. Posting pics doesn't like me today On a Oneway talon chuck....
hairy Woodturning 10 1,739 06-30-2024, 10:43 AM
  0 Thread: Build Thread for my Brother's Urn
Post: RE: Build Thread for my Brother's Urn

I'm sorry for your loss. That's an awesome piece of work, you should be proud. Thanks for the how to pics. A few years back I decided to make boxes for the ashes of my wife and I. Sometime late...
hairy Woodturning 21 3,989 05-02-2024, 06:46 AM
  0 Thread: Hollow Form
Post: RE: Hollow Form

fptahoe Wrote: (04-05-2024, 08:10 AM) -- I am a fairly new woodturner and I want to start learning how to turn hollow forms.  Looking for suggestions on which brand, type, etc, more experienced woodt...
hairy Woodturning 4 1,488 04-23-2024, 07:35 AM
  0 Thread: Vacuum Pump
Post: RE: Vacuum Pump

Bill Holt Wrote: (03-14-2024, 07:39 PM) -- I think I am interested in a vacuum pump for my Powermatic lathe. I know of the advantages and that's about it.  Oh, and continuous run pumps are better....
hairy Woodturning 4 1,351 04-01-2024, 11:18 AM
  0 Thread: Bowl Scrapers
Post: RE: Bowl Scrapers

imapseudonym Wrote: (02-28-2023, 07:28 PM) -- I usually use scrapers with that profile as sheer scrapers (handles dropped way down, corner of the tool on the tool rest so the sharpened edge presents ...
hairy Woodturning 30 7,346 03-03-2023, 11:53 AM
  0 Thread: Bowl Scrapers
Post: RE: Bowl Scrapers

hairy Wrote: (01-26-2023, 09:56 PM) -- That's what interest me in getting it. 1 & 1/2" wide x 3/8" thick. -- I went and got the big Sorby bowl scraper. Lowest price I've seen. https://www.amazon...
hairy Woodturning 30 7,346 02-28-2023, 04:38 PM
  0 Thread: Trying to help Arlin, might need a favor from a Powermatic 3520B owner
Post: RE: Trying to help Arlin, might need a favor from ...

FrankAtl Wrote: (02-07-2023, 09:56 AM) -- I'm in the process of setting up a new VFD for Arlin Eastman's Powermatic 3520B lathe. Since I have no way to verify the VFD will interface correctly with th...
hairy Woodturning 26 7,396 02-07-2023, 01:18 PM
  0 Thread: Bowl Scrapers
Post: RE: Bowl Scrapers

shoottmx Wrote: (01-24-2023, 07:44 AM) --  They are nice and thick--a little over 3/8" --so chattering isn't much of an issue. Gary -- That's what interest me in getting it. 1 & 1/2" wide x 3/...
hairy Woodturning 30 7,346 01-26-2023, 09:56 PM
  0 Thread: Had to lodge a complaint with the BBB on Powermatic
Post: RE: Had to lodge a complaint with the BBB on Power...

Arlin Eastman Wrote: (01-26-2023, 03:12 PM) -- just to let others know who own a powermatic machine. -- I have had similar problems with PM and warranty on a dust collector. I also bought an air cl...
hairy Woodturning 31 7,950 01-26-2023, 09:51 PM
  0 Thread: Bowl Scrapers
Post: RE: Bowl Scrapers

Wipedout Wrote: (01-21-2023, 08:21 PM) -- I use scrapers. I have a really thick big sorby I love using.   --  I don't do many bowls, but a good scraper is not a bad thing.  I've been thinking ...
hairy Woodturning 30 7,346 01-22-2023, 09:53 PM
  0 Thread: using a draw bar in the tailstock
Post: RE: using a draw bar in the tailstock

Ernie Conover uses a drill pad in this video   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-fpyMS5W4w It goes in the tailstock to hold the workpiece for drilling. The drill bit is in the headstock. In one ...
hairy Woodturning 6 2,413 12-04-2022, 12:23 PM
  0 Thread: Well that went gone
Post: RE: Well that went gone

Arlin Eastman Wrote: (10-26-2022, 06:47 PM) -- Yah Powermatic also says obsolete.  An autoresponder said they received the message so I will wait to see if they have one that will work and then go lo...
hairy Woodturning 14 3,952 10-27-2022, 08:55 AM
  0 Thread: Well that went gone
Post: RE: Well that went gone

Arlin Eastman Wrote: (10-25-2022, 08:57 PM) -- It looks like they are closed for business.  I sent a few emails via their web address and no replys.  In the comments it says they do not respond to em...
hairy Woodturning 14 3,952 10-26-2022, 08:48 AM
  0 Thread: Milwaukee Close Quarter Drill
Post: RE: Milwaukee Close Quarter Drill

Bill Holt Wrote: (10-21-2022, 03:36 PM) -- This has been my only power sanding for at least 15 yrs.  Problem...I'm on my third one and from the sound of things it will not last much longer.  If I had...
hairy Woodturning 15 4,043 10-24-2022, 05:41 PM
  0 Thread: Well that went gone
Post: RE: Well that went gone

Arlin Eastman Wrote: (10-21-2022, 09:30 PM) -- I started turning a walnut crotch bowl and had chips flying to the right of me.  All of a sudden poof a flash of light and just a bit of smoke and the l...
hairy Woodturning 14 3,952 10-22-2022, 07:42 AM
  0 Thread: diamond wheels
Post: RE: diamond wheels

arthropod98 Wrote: (10-18-2022, 12:55 PM) -- so, i got some CBN wheels, and i really like 'em.  but, i still have some not-so-great-steel things i want to sharpen / grind.  i know you can clean the C...
hairy Woodturning 8 2,624 10-18-2022, 06:20 PM
  0 Thread: Lathe Problem
Post: RE: Lathe Problem

fptahoe Wrote: (09-20-2022, 05:41 AM) -- It must be damaged threads, but they don't look damaged at all.  I just can't figure out what else it could be. -- Hold a straightedge against the threads. ...
hairy Woodturning 9 3,574 09-20-2022, 09:06 AM
  0 Thread: Cookie jar
Post: RE: Cookie jar

Turner52 Wrote: (05-19-2022, 12:16 PM) -- Excellent piece and a really great design. Never would have thought about that on my own. -- Thank you all
hairy Woodturning 4 2,126 05-19-2022, 03:34 PM

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