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Nice job Ted :2tsup::2tsup: I have some californian redwood logs and you have given me some inspiration:D Hope I can do half as good as yours Cheers WW.Wally

You can buy a hard plastic Not sure of the material but have a feeling it may be teflon based It is white in colour but is available from bearing services and often used for low speed bearings ....

[QUOTE=Paul39;1578281]In the US oil soaked maple is used.
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I can remember as a kid 60 years agao a whitemetal bearing on a saw bench got way too hot and disintegrated and the old boys...

First a try at brand would help but Hare and Forbes or carbatec would be a good start:U basiclly the motor pulley would probably be the reverse of headstock pulley with shaft hole to suit...

Thanks to you both I was given a scrap about big enough for 2 or 3 pens and it should come up well as is fairly hard and dense .. cheers for now ww wally

bugger wrote a reply and lost it so here we go again well its ww.wally @Creswick now so not too far down the track wont get to wangaratta but whats doing at whittlesea . need to catch...

Gidday I had the same happen to mine and the boys at hare and forbs helped me basically over the phone you can look up a parts catalogue on their site. measure you shaft diameter as the motors...

Hi check out the gidday mate threads but now for some serious stuff I was given some scraps of wood for pen making and was told it was from Queensland and was called Bohemia :doh::no:???. I have...

Gidday Mates to you all out there He's back Woodwork Wally is walking the boards again. I hope to be able to get to a few of the turnarounds again now that I can see the road in front again. ...

Great bowl Brendan Pushing boundarys even further Heather wants to know if I can make one . Just shouldnt have shown her Top job and I wont try to copy that for a while . Snake skin pens...

I know its not good for the paintwork but a small amount of heat and then more wd40 could persuade the screw to come out. It is basically a locator screw and not meant to tighten onto internals of...

Hi Tealady I have bluegum:wink: , ironbark [from near Bendigo]:wink: and a huon pine[a bit on the light side for serious hitting]:- and they are all excellant as well as a pommy beech which is...

working with wood t is sharp sharp sharper especially pine as it tears If tools are sharp less work is required by you to get a nice finish all sounds good though and practice will get you...

Having done a shed for each of 3 moves there was always something missing :oo: but go for it mate cos the "Distruction" books are a P.I.T.A. but you wont know yourself with a SHED:2tsup::U and keep...

If the car is back on the road Iwill try thanks Ern Www

Teehee and you dont get rain in Q/land :no::doh: Fair comment but Fair go

Great turnings and love the daVinci nd Welcome to the forum But hope the file tools have been annealed also you should get rid of the teeth with respect to your tool rest and then temper the...

Re[ has anyone used this from hare and forbes] They are basically made for the centre height of the mc1100 and mc900 lathes.. I have this and used it a number of times and it has done all I have...

Gidday all. I belong to Werribee woodturners and although I am now up toward you Brendon I will remain a member of a growing club with several new young members :2tsup:and 3 new retired guys.:2tsup:...

I have turned both and the coota is a lot easier to work but they both split easily when drying I have done budvases and pens from them and the black wattle has beautifull colors through it As for...

Jarrah, cairns ironwood[i think thats the name ] are 2 that i have used and several years down the track both doing well along with a redgum set cheers ww

nice job A.M:2tsup:. as an old woodturner once said "a vase or a bowl is like a pretty lady! A nice bottom makes them complete! ":) cheers ww

[My only reservation about a duckboard, and it needs to be about 75mm high, is that I could forget I'm standing on a platform, step back and go *ss over t*t.:o]

You only do it once and the AMRU[...

[QUOTE=Rum Pig;1130787]I like that bowl the way it is well done:2tsup::2tsup:]

I agree with Rum Pig Just the way it is cos if you start stuffing around with it you could end up with nought but...

I'll take stuffups that end like that every time mate it wouldn't have turned out any better if you had drawn it up Top recovery:2tsup::2tsup::) www

We already have laws here to deal with the leadbased:(( finishes on imported toys and indeed some 15 lines were confiscated from shops in Nov. / December last year purported to be either dangerous...

guns on their own aint a problem - as for cars-- It's the nut behind the bolt or the crank behind the wheel ie both deadly in the wrong hands I dont wear my firearms when turning and I dont turn...

Thanks to you all involved in this presentation . It helped reinforce that lesson Ken gave at Groggy's day cheers www

From an engineering point of view there aint no such thing as a free lunch If you want x hp then you need to put in y fuel Now efficiency of putting that power to use has to be calculated with...

Bluddyterrific:D:2tsup::U Wee Bobby I like that cheers mate WWW

Gidday many thanks to Greg Karen and family including the most beautiful natured lab you could ever meet A great day of learning from my point of view Thanks Ken especially for that little...

Gidday again Books or dvds by Richard Raffin Mike Darlow Dale Nish Carol Rix
Gordon Stokes Rowland Seale are all ones that I have begged borrowed or aquired
with financial exchange and...

Gidday and welcome to the forum 1 Buy a book on woodturning 2. Join a club ASAP 3 join a library and borrow books Now down to the piccies

Top left Faceplate is screwed on to a piece of...

A.M. stole the words right outa my keyboard NO such thing as usless in that list Her suggestions are spot on :2tsup::2tsup::D cheers wwwally

Hi Frank looks like I might try doing a munro style cap over it Wont be a major problem It will probably end up like the one I bought off Hughie [down at Ern's a couple of years ago] without the...

Will fix you up anyway mate Not alouda be outapocket www

Hi A.-M. Lovely Job on all 3 and I second the above Quoted as would complement my pens as small income lines:U . Keep up your spoton turning:2tsup::2tsup: you put a lot of folks behind the 8 ball...

Hi Hughie What H.Power is your motor . I'll see what I can find out further but I am certain the voltage rating is not critical But the capacitance value is matched to a large extent to motor ...

Bluddybeautifull :2tsup:and home grown too.:U I'se jealous:; www

Thanks Neil cheers WW.Wally

If thats yours A/M its fantastic choice of colour I never did like the origional colour of those lathes Mundane and boring 'swhy I bought a yellow one cheers ww.wally

yes mate I bought mine thru Jaycar no worries cheers www

Gidday Ern I'm in much the same boat as bloss with 2 petrol and an Ozito which I've had for 3 years and no problems whereas a mates ryobi [6 months younger] has died:(( and part not available:oo: The...

count me in for one please F&E pm me your address

Quote[ (in a bit of a hurry :-, time is running out). One is cast with pearl white pearlex, the other silver pearlex (that comes out swirling dark grey & silver), overall height 170mm.]


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Corbs Yahdunngood for your first set:2tsup: You are your best critic I like the shape and yep go for the crush grind [BUT dont be like me:no::oo:] READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND GO BY THE BOOK:) you will...

Gidday mate year I will do my damndest to make it cheers ww.wally

try to check out the timbercom catldog they have 2 types and do interstate drops nd I reckon the winding one isnt too bad i checked it out a couple of shows ago cheers ww.waly

SHeeeeeeeeeeet that hurts:oo: been there done that [not quite as bad ]:doh::B sorry about your enforced holiday from the shed but believe me "it hurts when you get back on the horse too soon":no:...

Try a couple of taps with hammer on the insert toward the chuck then fit insert in a metal vice and put your Tbar thu the jaws put pressure on and another light tap on Tbar. when you get it out a...