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Hey Rod,
I missed the Maiden...damn I always hear abt women when its all over, but the BigG cut went off flawless.

As far as your addiction to shiny screws go, I have realised that...

Hi Rod,
Another perfect Rod built CNC! I'm really honoured to have been present while it did its first cut......amazingly solid, quiet, extremely functional, fantastic control panel...

Looking good there Rod and I guess the Boss is happy that you got all the buttons programmed and hopefully working too. May be a win!!!!!!!!!
Nite mate, its gone 1 am. What happened to the evening?...

Hi Guys,
Last Thursday night was a stormy, rainy, cold, outright yucky night in Perth. I had a call from Rod saying he was coming over. I went into the shed, got the lpg heater going when suddenly...

Forumites I have quoted the question below, maybe we need to read it again!Mate, try your best to reduce the noise at source however you can. See my previous post. If you can get the noise level less...

KEKEMO:
I have no problem getting those grits from Carbies in Balcatta, in fact I picked some up about 2 weeks ago. Sometimes they run a bit low but usually they have them within a week from...

With all respect to you mate...yoiu are trying to do a man's job with a modelmakers bandsaw. The 10" bandsaws have hobby blades which are thin in order for them to withstand the tight radius of the...

Skew:
Most rechargeables only supply about 1.2V per cell. Those clock movements are sensitive and require proper 1.5V. The 5 forward, 2 reverse is a definate low/flat battery symptom.

Weisiboy....

H>S. I guess you have spoken to your neighbours to find out if there are times a day that the noise will be less of a nuisance to them. Nothing works as well as talking it over..... they are entitled...

Barry, problem with that is if I go type on a site in my mother toungue everything is underlined and it becomes a pain in the southern end.

Derek, you'll have heaps of extra 'clients' when the...

Guys, that X3 looks really good in real life. Paid a visit to Rod during the week.......we had a bit of a fiddle with the X3....wow a job well done. But having said that, so are all the stuff Rod...

When this boom cools down there'll be bankruptcies, suacides, split marriages, divorce and lots of other social problems in this beautiful state of hours. The people working in Perth, being loyal to...

Thanks for the welcome etc mate. The board woudn't allow me to post even when logged in. Maybe it has forgotten me :; Must admit it's been a while.

To all the others that responded: Thank you...

Yeah Murray it may be more but I only ever saw what the link has about the Double Garage.
Bob it's really a good idea . I really like the fact that he uses some tool starage cabinets as in and out...

Hey Cliff, nice to catch up with you, its been a while. Hope to be on fairly regularly.

Thanks Mini, sounds good mate

Hi Shane, thanks for the welcome. eah did see you at the other end of the showroom but was a hectic day, especially if theres a 'fairer sex' around . One then needs to give lots of attention mate....

I havn't read the whole thread. What about buying a 2 MT spindle from someone like Carba-tec or whoever you choose. They have replacements for their machines.

Thanks Tony, I replied to you in that thread!

Thanks a lot Tony, all ideas are welcome! Most the commercial ones seem to be made from square tubing, probably better tortional qualities. The Boxes in the link that Mini sent is what I have in mind...

You are a CHAMPION! Thats the file I've been looking for and the video off the site is good enough.
I have to do something about my chaotic shed and just needed to refresh my memory with some tips....

HE he HARRY, nobody wants to grow old so fixing the date error in my profile did it!
Thanks for the welcome, mmmm it's been a while!

Dagse Broer! :2tsup: Siabone, khunghani?

Geesh, that goes back 11 years. I believe the 18 official ethnic groups excluding English & Afrikaans all have their language classified as official....

Hey Midge, thanks for the 'Hi" mate. Its been a while. Most my news mentioned in the reply to Mick. How are you going?
There was definately a link on here as that was how I got it originally. I...

Hi Mate,
Thanks for the welcome. MMMMMM what have I been up to? First off, without delving into the past, there was just too much crud, couldn't be bothered with it. I'm sure you guys will know what...

Hey Guys. Some of you will remember me, some obviously not. When I was on last there were almost less posts than what there are subsections on here. Quite a variety and I'm sure its still the best...

Cliff
In the industry the one on the left is called a Roughing Gouge. The one on the right is a shallow fluted gouge or spindle gouge. A similarly shallow fluted gouge with a thicker base ( part...

What Skewie said is spot on. However in your pictures you are setting the toolrest right accross the 'face' that you are turning. Remember that the toolrest need only extend a little more than the...

Yep what UX said is very useful. All good lathes are supplied with a knock out bar to remove the drive centre by knocking the end of the centre with the end of the bar through the hole in the...

Consider getting a proper woodturning scroll chuck rather than a face plate. If you need a face plate most any woodwork tool supplier like Carba-tec ( the Perth one definately ) will be able to help...

To the not being able to fit a MT2 drill chuck to the MC lathes...........Bull dust.....2 MT fits both the headstock and tailstock spindles on the MC lathes ( Carbatec Blue, Orange, Yellow, Green and...

Why worry about power in the shed ...........Turn the house into a workshop and live in the shed, mate!

Jelutong, carvers favourite......soft, light, relatively cheap............used by many carvers.

Mike. Loz is using a Screw Cup Chuck, not a screw chuck (totally different )according to his post.

Loz,
I use a 13 mm Hamlet spindle gouge ground to a finger nail shape. ( 10 mm spindle gouges...

Peter,
Some wise guy in the factory must've thought it a good idea as it will protect the dust extractor fan from blocks of wood hitting it. How these blocks will get into the bottom wheel shroud I...

Eric,

I've been turning for over 50 years ans I do teach woodturning in Perth. I have contibuted to a number of the threads on lathes on this forum. By doing a search you'll find more info than...

Just a thought on these burly things. How about using 2 part epoxy resin thinned quite a lot with the appropriate thinner ( acetone will work for most epoxies ) and then brushed onto the burl getting...

Some Safety Pointers in Woodturning





I regard safety as one of the most important topics in woodturning. I quote some points from a book entitled “Woodturning” published in 1949,...

Tonto


I would like to think that you bought your Festool sander because of the quality and reliability that Festool products offer over the cheapies. Festool market their own line of abrasives...

Brudda. As with most other things the yanks call things differently to 'normal' people. I would guess that field corn would be corn that is grown for animal feed or milling into maize...

Chris: You answered your own question.


Touching up the blades as Bob suggested is the only simple solution, pretty easy and quick as resawing blades have large teeth. $300 worth of standard...

Hi Zenwood


The BAS-350 takes a 2490 mm blade. Max width that it will handle is 19 mm. I use a 19 mm by 1.3 TPI blade ( looks like an ancient pullsaw ) from Henry Bothers in Sydney for...

Kevin,

I have turned some corn cob pens and have posted some stuff about it on this board, including a picture. Not really different to normal turning except that it is a good idea to stabilise...

Les:

The CMT 10" negative rake blade is what you are looking for! The blue boyz in Balcatta carry them.
:D

Ruffy

I just noticed Carbatec in Perth have quite a few different colours etc of Dymondwood. The price is quoted per meter. The 125 mm x 38 mm is about $40 per meter and will be sold in lengths of...

Richard

Well done on getting your harp this far.
I sprayed mine with two part clear high gloss poly. The next harps will be sprayed with Nitro cellulose lacquer, semi gloss ( 60% gloss ). I have...

Good looking pens Ruffy. Any idea how much and what size the dymond wood blanks are?

The word "Agricultural" comes to mind. I havn't seen four legged cows at thePerth WWW Show, yet. :D


Doing a show is a huge undertaking. It has to be done properly, just a ute load of tools...

Congratulations on the wise purchase Les. Welcome the the world of real tablesaws!

( MMMMMM and you have a long weekend ( in WA ) to try it out. :D )

Yikes! That gutemberg site lists that one needs 16 woodturning tools! Thats more than most suppliers carry in stock! I understand that the book is about teaching woodturning. No beginner needs more...