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Not to mention wearing a black belt with beige trousers!! LORDY!:D

Some nice pieces there WN!
Showing off the figure in those burls to good effect:D

"From where I'm standing "all" of the pieces on his site can be made with basic skills and a good set of well sharpened tools.
Having said that I am not putting the work down. There is nothing...

Yep, crashes my chrome session.

Just as with any interest / hobby / artisan profession / etc. Turning is one that has a wide variety of technique, method and tools to accomplish a result.

The 'quality' of those results vary due...

19 meters!

Ship masts??

Only comes with two centre steadies!

Duck Season?

RABBIT SEASON!!!

:D


Fine work BTW!

Thanks very much for the suggestions.
I've since turned 4 new poles from a mixture of timbers.
(Jarrah, blackwood, sandalwood, plus a suprisingly common species in my workshop idea non cruentum)...

Yes, that would be more in keeping with traditional Scout lore, however it is an offence to remove growing or dead timber from crown land nowdays. We still teach correct use / care of knives but...

Thanks all,

The two recent ones were made of sassafras and vic ash.
Both broke at the join, where the dowel was just not strong enough. (3/8") I had taken care to ensure that the glue join was...

Hi All,

As my young bloke has been getting into hiking lately (with Scouts) I've been making a few Hiking poles for him and his mates.

Unfortunately, the MC900's bed length dictates that these...

Having seen that effort, I don't think I'm justified in ever complaining about the shortcomings of my MC900!

I'll have to make sure that the Missus NEVER sees this clip!

Hollow out the dish shaped one more and you could make round ravioli as well.
I might give this a go tomorrow.

Agree with all of the above, esp the beer fridge!
(although I might have to add the two fermenters that sit on top for the home brew!)

For me it's a lovely hand made square given to me by a...

I'm certainly happy with the one I purchased a few years ago. (Ebay as well for $102!)

Whilst not as good as many of the other lathes regularly discussed on these forums, you've got to love that...

Good work mate, most things my lathe spits out at me impact the general chest area at approx 135 km/hr and tend to end up in the chiminea!

:D

Mate,

Made a fair few of these, and I reckon that the key is not too make the top body and the ring too large. These need to be appropriately sized for little hands.

The ring i usually make...

This is what I was referring to.
Sanding Pads : CARBA-TEC

Hope it helps.

I've got the vermec version and have gone through a few of the foam heads. Carbatec sells them for around the $20 mark for the 50mm size. The pads just screw onto the shaft.

Or even get your wife some while you're at the shop.:D

Thanks GJ! I hadn't heard that they were no more..
Strange that their website is still up.

Having had a few Ozito tools die very quickly I hear what you say about their grinder.
I'll look into...

Whilst not having anywhere near the experience of others on this forum, I've used a white stone fitted to a cheapy bunnings combination grinder / belt linisher for ages and have been happy sharpening...

150-odd now and while it would be nice, $2700 is a bit much when all I need a lathe like that for are some verandah posts...:D

Like his enthusiasm tho... Looks like he's donea lot more buying...

A few pix from the day as well..

Thanks to and everyone for a great day. Unfortunately I missed the morning part but found the arvo very entertaining and informative.

I picked up some pointers and will be hitting the shed...

Hi all,

Leave pass has been granted - I'm looking forward to meeting you and putting some faces to forum names!

Very interested in getting some tips!

That's the way mate, just get into it.:2tsup:
I had real issues with the damn things and didn't seem to be getting anywhere.
I decided one day to sort it out, so packed away every other chisel...

Not that difficult a job as it's a straight line from one diameter to another.

Just measure the starting and ending diameters, plus the distance between.
Mark out the positions on the timber and...

Surely there's no reason you couldn't turn a similar thing to a acruline yourself using a suitably dense timber?

Love turning the stuff myself, and people really like the smell that accompanies the pieces I give them.

The shed ends up smelling like a Nanna's knickers drawer tho!
As far as ill effects, I...

Would it be worth cutting a suitable blank and trying the microwave drying trick?
Never tried it myself, but others have reported good results.

No Worries mate, Enjoy!

Thanks,

Will have a go this weekend and see how it goes.

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Hi everyone,

That's about it for the bobbin blanks, thanks for your quick responses.

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HI everyone,

Along with receiving a great load of turning timber the other week, a further pleasant surprise was in store. I've also scored a number of lathe chucks. These chucks appear to be an...

Yea, no dramas. Send me a pm.

Sorry Mate, Croydon Vic.

Hi everyone.

As part of a job lot of timber I recieved from a friend, I have a tub full of lace bobbin blanks.
I have no use for these at all, so if anyone wants them then yell out.

Looking...

Nicely done mate!

Olive is great stuff and that bandsaw will serve you well

I spent a bit of time with the Maroondah woodturners, having followed Skew's suggestion to check them out. My area of interest was in improving my general technique, esp with the skew.

It was...

Welcome to the forum mate, nice work on the clock.
You'll find a wealth of info and support from everyone here.

I stopped by Pop's Shed a few weeks ago. Not a bad setup!
Always good to see...

No,not olive. I've turned a fair bit of that in the past.
No smell, and the grain is more coarse overall.
The Olive I've turned is lighter.

Hi Oakchip!

I love this stuff. I removed one from our place when I was just starting out turning.
I kept a few logs, but wish that I kept the whole tree!

The colour transition from light,...

Thanks for your kind comments.

The form is pretty basic, but I prefer to keep the shape simple and let the timber show it's appeal. No idea what the timber is, but it almost ended up on the...

Not too many are labeled Frank, some are labeled huon, some blackwood, some sassafrass:D

But on a serious note....
A few are labeled, most not. I'm labelling them as I go, but there are a heap...

Hi again!

I've been the recipient of a very kind gift.

It started off with a call from a friend at work that went something like, "Hey Frank, you do woodturning don't you? Would you like...

Hi Everyone,
Been lurking for a while. Combination of work / family and setting up a new garden is leaving precious little time for turning.

Had some time this week, so after playing with some...

Your tech teacher was Phil Irving??
Respect mate, respect! :2tsup:
I have two copies of 'Tuning for speed', one in the shed mostly covered in oily fingerprints, and a pristine copy on the bookshelf!

Yea, turned a few into some matched bowls a couple of years ago, sorry I don't have any pics of the finished articles as they were snapped up pretty quickly.

I concur though, quite hard timber...