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26th July 2006, 05:42 PM #1Hewer of wood
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Does size count?
If I can recall, there are photos around of dwarfed by length and Guilio dwarfed by height so now it's the thickness dwarf's turn
Art Ransom is the turner, and yep, they do 'big' in Texas!
http://turningaround.org/18inColumn.htm
[Edit: oh, and back up on the url and read his home page; a gem]Cheers, Ern
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26th July 2006, 05:50 PM #2You've got to risk it to get the biscuit
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look at the size of that gouge :eek:
800RPM :eek:
not even bolted to the floor:eek::eek:S T I R L O
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26th July 2006, 05:59 PM #3
Man that's gunna be one hell of a biro.
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26th July 2006, 06:07 PM #4Originally Posted by Termite
If you look closely at his website photo's you'll notice fly paper hanging from his roof, and if i'm not mistaken, they are "darned big flies" Mind you "everything's big in Texas"!
The fly paper is not a bad idea though, just thinking about it. We have flies up here called "marchies" or March flies (I don't know why cause there around all Bl--dy summer, not just March), and they bite and draw blood !! Just imagine putting a finishing cut into a bowl and one of the little mongrels bites!!:mad: :mad:
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26th July 2006, 06:26 PM #5Originally Posted by cedar n silky
Ok, when I was growing up as a bushie we didn't have much to amuse us.
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26th July 2006, 06:36 PM #6Originally Posted by Termite
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26th July 2006, 06:57 PM #7
Boy That must be a 2 and a half inch gouge he's using. What is it he is making. Couldn't see myself glueing all those boards together,
Regards.........Joash
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26th July 2006, 07:03 PM #8Hewer of wood
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[Edit .. .re flies] Sods of things. Remember tethering a horse on a long rein so I could finish a climb to a mountain top.
Couple of hours.
When I got back the b*ggers had harassed the nag so bad his head was just about locked to the tree for all the turning he'd done and the shortening of the rein that caused.
Do what you like to them as far as I'm concerned.
[Edit: Joash, he's doing a column]Cheers, Ern
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26th July 2006, 07:05 PM #9Originally Posted by rsser
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26th July 2006, 07:45 PM #10
may be some one should tell him about the dangers of not using a dust mask:eek:
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26th July 2006, 07:47 PM #11
who me? I use one all the time
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26th July 2006, 09:37 PM #12You've got to risk it to get the biscuit
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Originally Posted by Auzzie turner
i to was wondering where his respirator and facesheild was, i thought of a dusty to, but its prob up near the headstock.S T I R L O
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26th July 2006, 10:37 PM #13
man ... that gonna hurt is it comes loose :confused:
You would want to take your time while centering it, or the lathe might dance out of the workshop
Bloody big gouge too...Cheers Dy.|a.n.....
If it dont fit... get a bigger hammer!!
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26th July 2006, 11:25 PM #14
That's not a fly-strip hanging from the ceiling, it's a bushies' dust-collector.
Actually I reckon still wins. That piece looks like it was made with staved construction, so it'd be hollow and fairly balanced from the start. When gave us his demo it was a log (he was making some BIG peg-dolls!) about that size and it most certainly wasn't round. He did say that he's had some come adrift but with the weight they usually hit the bed/fence and bounce to the back of the lathe... where it'd be damned hard work getting 'em back out. Not a chore I'd envy!
I wonder how those dolls came out? I forget where he said they were for... some school, I think. I wonder if he has any pix?
- Andy Mc
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26th July 2006, 11:45 PM #15
I had a look at his website. He has turned some impressive stuff.
Terry B
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